In the District Court of the United States
Western District of Washington
Northern Division
In the Matter of the Application of MARGARET ROY, for a writ of habeas corpus.
No. 4516 Order.
On the reading and filing of the complaint of Margaret Roy and it appearing therefrom that the said Margaret Roy is unlawfully restrained of her liberty at the United States detention station at Seattle, Washington, by Henry M.White, commissioner of labor of the United States, acting under the pretended authority of a warrant of arrest and deportation issued by the secretary of labor of the United States wherein it is charged that the said complainant is an alien and that she at the time of her entry was a person who believed in the destruction of property and the overthrow of the government, and that a hearing was held to inquire into the merit of said charges and that a complete copy of the testimony taken at such hearing, together with the exhibits attached to such testimony is now in the possession of the said Henry M.White and ought to be produced on the hearing of the above entitled matter in order that the court may have the best evidence available on the issues tendered in the complaint herein,
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Henry M.White, commissioner of labor of the United States stationed at Seattle, Washington, before me on the 3rd day of February, 1919, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, then and there show cause, if any he has, why the said Margaret Roy should be further restrained of her liberty and why
a writ of habeas corpus should not issue herein as in the complaint prayed, and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the deportation of the complainant or her removal from the United States detention station at Seattle, Washington, be stayed until the further order of this court.
DONE IN OPEN COURT this 27 day of Jan 1919.
Jeremiah Neterer
District Judge.
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Filed in the United States District Court
Western District of Washington
Northern Divison
Jan 29 1919
F.M. Harshberger, Clerk
By S.E. Leitch Deputy
