UNITED STATES v. RIZAK

No. 3937.

30 F.2d 451 (1929)

UNITED STATES v. RIZAK.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

January 4, 1929.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Meyer, U. S. Atty., and Ralph H. Smith and Raymond D. Evans, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Pittsburgh, Pa., for the United States.

Vincent R. Smith and Smith, Keenan & Smith, all of Greensburg, Pa., and George D. Wick and Smith, Shaw & McClay, all of Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before BUFFINGTON and WOOLLEY, Circuit Judges, and THOMSON, District Judge.


THOMSON, District Judge.

The original act of 1802 (2 Stat. 153) required the applicant to declare on oath, before a Circuit or District Court of the United States, or a court of record of any of the states having common-law jurisdiction, of his intention to become a citizen of the United States. The law so remained until 1824 (4 Stat. 69), when Congress made a significant change, allowing the declaration to be made before the clerk of any of the courts named in the...

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