in question and denied any knowledge of the stolen vehicle. They contended the $1,800 was for the purchase of a boat by Lawson from Kidd. The defendant admitted *369 writing the check and signing his wife's name. The defendant said that when his wife learned of this "she went plumb off" because there were not sufficient funds in the bank to cover the check. On the following Monday Kidd gave the defendant $1,800 in cash which the defendant said he then deposited to cover the check.
The codefendant's father testified in corroboration of the boat transaction. The defense also presented testimony from a Chevrolet service manager that wheels from a 1986 model would not fit a 1978 Camaro. It was developed on cross-examination that the codefendant had been employed
275 U.S. 475 (1928)
NAGLE, COMMISSIONER,
v.
LOI HOA.
NAGLE, COMMISSIONER,
v.
LAM YOUNG.
Nos. 115 and 116.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued December 5, 1927.
Decided January 3, 1928.
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT.
Solicitor General Mitchell, with whom Assistant Attorney General Luhring and Messrs. Harry S. Ridgely and F.M. Parrish, Attorneys in the Department of Justice, were on the brief, for petitioner.
Messrs. George W. Hott and Joseph P. Fallon were on the brief for respondents.
*476 MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.
Respondents, Chinese merchants born in China and never naturalized elsewhere, applied at the port of San Francisco for admission into the United States. They had resided in French Indo-China and been engaged in business there for a number of years. They presented to the immigration authorities certificates of