UNITED STATES v. DAY

No. 387.

43 F.2d 917 (1930)

UNITED STATES ex rel. GEORGAS v. DAY, Commissioner of Immigration.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

July 28, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Van Riper, of New York City, for appellant.

Charles H. Tuttle, U. S. Atty., of New York City (Ernest Lappano, Asst. U. S. Atty., of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before L. HAND, SWAN, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.


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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