established to the satisfaction of the authorities that the person claiming to enter, either as wife or minor child, is in fact the wife or minor child, of one of the members of a class mentioned in the treaty as entitled to enter, *173 then that person is entitled to admission without the certificate.'
"In this case Li Tom Shi is admitted to be the second and plural wife of Lee Lung, a Chinese merchant domiciled in this country, whose first wife resides in China, and it is claimed that Li A. Tsoi is the minor child of the said Lee Lung by said first wife.
"The laws of the United States do not recognize plural marriages as valid, and while they may be so recognized in China, the saidany opinion affirming the decision of the collector; averred that the decision attached to the return shows on its face that it was the decision of W.S. Chance, chief of the special agents of the Treasury Department, and averred that "the pretended hearing before the collector of customs on the 7th day of April, 1900, as aforesaid, was had before your petitioner had secured any counsel, and he had no counsel present to advise him as to his rights before the collector of customs, and that such examination was without jurisdiction, perfunctory and was not a thorough examination of the case."
The testimony of several witnesses was introduced before the District Court against the objection of the district attorney. It showed that the petitioner was a merchant of Portland,