Case Summary

Matthews' Certificate of Admission committed moral turpitude within five years after entry, with additional public charge; not represented by counsel, moved in from Canada "Galacia or West Ukraine (generally called East Galicia) is a part of the former Austrian Monarchy. After the collapse of the Austrian Monarchy in 1918, the people of Galicia (East Galicia) organized themselves as an independent republic with their own parliament, government and army."

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Immigration
• Public charge
• Moral turpitude

Sites of significance

• McNeil Island Penitentiary (Steilacoom, Washington)
• Ellis Island (New York, New York)
• King County Jail (Seattle, Washington)

Case Citation

Citation: RG21 US District Courts, Western District of Washington, Seattle, Records of the Northern Division, Case Files, 1890-1972, No. 6203

Source material(s)

Case File

Length of case file

Between 101 and 150 pages

Repository(s)

• National Archives and Records Administration, Seattle Branch, Washington (Seattle, WA) (Seattle, Washington)

State

• Washington

Point(s) of law cited

Immigration Act of February 5, 1917

Tag(s)

• Appeal
• Labor organization

People

• Matthews, John (Jack, James, John, Yan Matveyeff) (petitioner)
• Matthews, John (Jack, James, John, Yan Matveyeff) (bound party)
• Neterer, Jeremiah (judge)
• White, Henry M. (respondent)
• White, Henry M. (responding party)
• White, Henry M. (authority ordering detention)
• Pierce, Ralph S. (petitioner attorney)
• Vanderveer, George F. (George T. Vanderveer) (petitioner attorney)
• Saunders, Robert C. (respondent attorney)
• Kolmitz, Charlotte M. (respondent attorney)

• Additional parties

  Harshberger, F.M. (Clerk;) Leitch, S.E. (Deputy Clerk;) Boyle, John M. (U.S. Marshal;) Collegan, F.J. (Deputy Marshal;) Henning, E.J. (Assistant Secretary of Labor;) Atkins, George W. (U.S. Vice President;) Lynch, Thomas W. (Acting Commissioner of Immigration;) Rooks, A. (Deputy Marshal;) Rogers, Lalla (Notary Public;) Hampton, Alfred (Acting Commissioner-General of Immigration;) Kline, E. M. (U.S. Bureau Representative;) Wallis, Frederick A. (Commissioner of Immigration;) Fisher, Thomas M. (Immigrant Inspector;) Post, Louis F. (Assistant Secretary of Labor;) Matthews, Mike (Brother of Petitioner;) Huestis, Edward (Referenced in Case;) Cattrell, C.V. (Stenographer;) Bourland, Lillian Held (Reporter;) Risley, Theodore G. (Acting Secretary of State;) Fernie, B.C. (Referenced in Case;) Uphill, Thomas (Provincial Parliament Member;) Brand, Norton F. (American Consul;) Sargent, John H. (Acting Commissioner of Immigration;) Lloyd, C.W. (School Tax Collector;) Pendleman, E. (Friend;) Huesties (Inspector;) Wagner, J.G. (Witness;) Narajowsk, N.W. (Witness;) Barron, J.G. (Witness;) Rusell, Leo B. (Bureau of Immigration;) Husband, N. N. (Commissioner General;)