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From Index to Habeas Corpus Cases for the US District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco

CASE NUMBER	YEAR	FOR RELIEF OF	STEAM SHIP NUMBER	CHARACTER OF CASE	BY WHOM OR WHERE DETAINED	ATTORNEY FOR PETITION	REMARKS	NAME OF FATHER	ADDRESS	Age or year of birth
9288	1890	Chin Ah Ching		Native Born	City of Rio de Janeiro	Mowry, Lyman	Remanded	Chung Gee Quong	San Jose, California	1873

Chin Ah Ching was born to Chung Gee Quong (father) and Wang Shee (mother) in 1873 at San Jose, California. He left for China on March 22, 1879 on the steamship Oceanic. He returned on the steamship City of Rio de Janeiro, and arrived in San Francisco on April 20, 1890. The Collector of the Port of San Francisco refused permission for his landing. Ng Chong petitioned for a Writ of Habeas Corpus on April 25, 1890. A bond was posted. Detainee was represented by Lyman Mowry. On August 1, 1890, an Order of Remand was signed to deport the detainee.