Mr. Chief Justice Waite delivered the opinion of the court. This is a writ of habeas corpus sued out of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California by the petitioner, Tom Tong, a subject of the Emperor of China, for the purpose of an inquiry' into the legality of his detention by the chief of police of the city and county of San Franc…
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