L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The alien, Georgas, first came to this country on July 15, 1920, as a member of the crew of a steamer touching at Newport News. He was examined and allowed to land as a discharged seaman, but no head tax was paid for him. He says that he then meant to reship but could find no berth and so stayed on; that the captain had kept half his wages and said he would pay his tax. The records at Newport News show that he was allowed to land in order to...
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