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 LIU HOP FONG . UNITED STATES. 2 U.S. O/n/on of tl Court. h maided, vis&t by the diplomatic or consular rpresentative of the United States in the country or port whence they de- When this young man entered a port of the United states in July, 1899, he presented such a rtificate, duly issued and vis&i by the consular representative of the United States. Upon appliatiun for admission this certificate is/n-/ma Stat. 428. This certificate is the method which th two coun- tries contracted in the treaty should establish a right of ad- roition of students and others of the excepted class into the United States, and certainly it ought to be entitled to some weight in determining the rights of the one thus admitted. While this certificate may be overcome by proper evidence and may not have the effect of a judicial determination, yet being made in conformity to the treaty, and upon it the China- man having ben duly admitted to a residence in this country, he cannot be deported, as in this case, because of wrongfully entering the United States upon a fraudulent certificate, un- less there is some competent evidence to overcome the legal effect of the certificate. In this record we can find no compe- tent testimony which would overcome such legal effect of the certificate, and the plaintiff in error was therefore wrongfully ordered to be deported. l'ke judtpra, nt o/tt Disict Court i, rtwrsl, and t

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