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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
10018	1890	Ng Tung Chun		Native Born	City of Rio de Janeiro	Ricketts, Alfred	Remanded	Ng Mun On	San Jose, California	1869

Ng Tung Chun was born to Ng Mun On (father) and Chin Shee (mother) in 1869 at San Jose, California. He left for China on November 18, 1880 on the steamship Oceanic. .He returned on the steamship City of Rio de Janeiro , and arrived in San Francisco on September 17, 1890. The Collector of the Port of San Francisco refused permission for his landing. Jin Ah Chin petitioned for a Writ of Habeas Corpus on September 22, 1890. A bond was posted. Detainee was represented by Alfred Ricketts. On December 1, 1891, an Order of Remand was signed to deport the detainee.