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In the Matter of the Application of Janet Mackay for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Order Denying Writ

 

United States District Court Western District of Washington Northern Division

No. 4517

Order Denying Writ

In the Matter of the Application of Janet Mackey for a Writ of Habeas Corpus

The above entitled matter came regularly on for hearing on the 3rd day of February, A.D. 1919, and was continued to the 10th day of February 1919, upon the return of the respondent, Henry M. White, United States Commissioner of Immigration at Seattle, to the order to show cause entered herein, and the petition of the above applicant, the applicant appearing by her counsel, Ralph S. Pierce, Esq., and the respondent appearing by United States Attorney, Robt. C. Saunders, Esq., and the court having heard and considered the evidence, the records and files herein, and the argument of counsel, and being fully advised in the premises, and it appearing to the court that the said petitioner, Janet Mackey, had a fair hearing before the officers of the United States Immigration Service of the Department of Labor in proceedings duly and regularly instituted for the deportation of said petitioner as an alien, and that warrant of deportation duly and regularly issued for the deportation of said petitioner to the country from whence she came, and that the respondent, Henry M. White, United States Commissioner of Immigration at Seattle, now and at the time of the service of said show cause order upon said respondent holds and has held -1-   the said petitioner in custody under and by virtue of said warrant of deportation.

IT IS, THEREFORE, BY THE COURT HEREBY CONSIDERED, ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that petitioner's application for a writ of habeas corpus herein be and the same is hereby denied.

Done in open Court this 3rd day of February March

Jeremiah Neterer
United States District Judge.

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Ralph S Pierce

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No. 4517

GOB-7-271

In the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Washington.

Northern Division.

In the Matter of the Application of Janet Mackey for a Writ of Habeas Corpus

Order Denying Writ.

Tx

Filed in the United States District Court

Western District of Washington

Northern Division

Mar 3 1919

F. M. Harshberger, Clerk

By S. E. Leitch Deputy

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “In the Matter of the Application of Janet Mackay for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Order Denying Writ.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.wa.0204.011

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