The
Stockton Laundry Case (1886)
nAccording to
Judge Sawyer, what is the purpose of the laundry ordinance?
nOf course,
no one can in fact doubt the purpose of this ordinance. It means,
‘The Chinese must go;’ and, in order that they shall go,
it is made to encroach upon one of the most sacred rights of
citizens of the state of California,-- of the Caucasian race as
well as upon the rights of the Mongolian.