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Show MAY INTRODUCE THE EVIDENCE AT HAND SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6. Judge De Haven has decided that on the' hearing of a habeas corpus matter In which the applicant is of the Chinese a race and claims to be a native American, Amer-ican, the applicant may introduce m whatever competent and material evt- ' ,.: dence he may have to offer, without l , reference to the testimony previously j. ) Introduced by him before the lmml- . grant commissioner. f The case before the court was that of Quan Bok Him. United States Dis- . 4 trict Attorney Woodworth objected to i ; the introduction of certain evidence ' j that had not been presented to the Chi- I j nese bureau at the time the application ' of Quan to land was being considered. t The contention was made on the part i j 1 of the Government that the United ( ' States commissioner was limited to-tbe j 1 evidence taken before the bureau. I i |