The great lawyers in the United States. in litigation respecting the Volstead Act. are trying to hold it unconstitutionanand there you charge a man with a crime under the Volstead Act. and the burden is upon him. There are a dozen statutes on the books that hold that the burden of proof is on the accused party. I want to read a section of the Chinese exclusion law on page 493. volume 180. Tis is the act providing thatany Chinese person or person of Chinese descent arrested under the provisions of this act. or the acts hereby extended. shall be adjudged to be unlawfully within the United States unless such person shall establish. by affirmative proof to the satisfaction of such justice. judge. or commissioner. his lawful right to remain in the United States.
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