Morrison Waite,
Ex parte Hung Hang — Opinion of the Court
“ This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus for the purpose of an inquiry into the legality of the detention of the petitioner, Hung Hang, a subject of the emperor of China, by the chief of police, under a warrant for his arrest, issued by the police judge of the city and county of San Francisco, California, for a violation of an order or ordinance of the board of supervisors of such city and county, alleged to be in contravention of the constitution and of a treaty of the United States. ”
