UNITED STATES v. FRANCIOSO

No. 27, Docket 20667.

164 F.2d 163 (1947)

UNITED STATES v. FRANCIOSO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

November 5, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mario Pittoni and J. Vincent Keogh, U.S. Atty., both of Brooklyn, N. Y., for appellant.

Lawrence Pomeroy, of Buffalo, N. Y., for appellee.

Before L. HAND, SWAN and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order admitting the appellee, Francioso, to citizenship. At the hearing the "naturalization examiner" objected to his admission upon the ground that he had married his niece and had been living incestuously with her during the five years before he filed his petition. Upon the following facts the judge held that Francioso had been "a person of good moral character" and naturalized him. Francioso was born in Italy in...

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