“ If it be said that the registry books kept at the port of departure furnish ample evidence for the identification of Chinese laborers seeking to enter the country at that port, we answer (1) that congress saw fit to exclude from the country all Chinese laborers of the class to which appellee belongs, unless they produced to the collector the certificate issued as evidence of their right to re-enter the United States; (2) that the rule prescribed is, by the very terms of the statute, uniform in its application to all Chinese laborers, and to every port of the United States. ”

“ That the master of any essel who shall knowingly bring within the United States on such vessel and land, or attempt to land, or permit to be landed, any Chinese laborer, from any foreign port or place, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each and every such Chinese laborer so brought, and may [be also] also be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year. ”

“ The district attorney filed the following exceptions to the findings: ' (1) That the court had no authority or jurisdiction to issue a writ in this case, as the applicant was not restrained of his liberty within the true intent and meaning of the act of congress known as the 'Habeas Corpus Act.' (2) That the court, on the return of said writ of habeas corpus, had no authority or jurisdiction to inquire into and decide upon the lawfulness of said alleged restraint, for the reason that the same had been decided to be lawful by the collector of the port of San Francisco, or his deputy. ”