Case Name: BECHARD v. EBEY, Inspector of Immigration
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1924-05-29
Citations: 300 F. 558
Docket Number: No. 3371
Parties: BECHARD v. EBEY, Inspector of Immigration.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 300
Pages: 558–559

Head Matter:
BECHARD v. EBEY, Inspector of Immigration.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
May 29, 1924.)
No. 3371.
Aliens <§=>54 — Alien may be deported on his own testimony.
Deportation proceedings are civil, not criminal, and where the alien has a fair hearing, and is sworn and testifies without objection, his own testimony alone may sustain an order of deportation.
«§=>For other oases see same topic & KEY-NUMBER in all Key-Numbered Digests Í- Indexes
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois.
Habeas corpus by George Bechard against Howard Ebey, Inspector of Immigration. From an order denying the writ, petitioner appeals.
Affirmed.
Harold O. Mulks, of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
John Elliott Byrne, of Chicago, Ill., for appellee.
Before AES CHUTE R, EVANS and PAGE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The only question here is as to whether appellant can be deported upon no other evidence than his own statements, made under oath while under arrest, charged with violating the Immigration Act.
As required by the rules of the Department of Tabor, appellant, during the hearing, was permitted to inspect the warrant, and was advised that he was entitled to be represented by counsel. He elected to proceed without counsel, and was sworn and testified without objection, and the record shows he had a fair hearing.
Deportation proceedings are civil, and not criminal, and under numerous authorities the question will have to be answered in the affirmative. United States ex rel. Bilokumsky v. Tod, 263 U. S. 149, 44 Sup. Ct. 54, 68 L. Ed.-; Low Foon Yin v. U. S. Imm. Com'r, 145 Fed. 791, 76 C. C. A. 355; U. S. v. Brooks (D. C.) 284 Fed. 908; In re Chan Foo Lin, 243 Fed. 137, 156 C. C. A. 3; Mahler v. Eby, 264 U. S. 32, 44 Sup. Ct. 283, 68 L. Ed. —, opinion filed February 18, 1924. The order of the District Court is affirmed.