UNITED STATES v. DOCHERTY

No. 14792.

212 F.2d 40 (1954)

UNITED STATES v. DOCHERTY.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 22, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas P. Lillis, Dist. Counsel, Immigration & Naturalization Service, James L. Guilmartin, U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for appellant.

No appearance entered on behalf of appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and HOLMES and BORAH, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

This appeal from an order1 granting the petition for naturalization of the appellee, George Blakemore Docherty, presents a single question of law. This is: May it be found and held that an applicant for admission to citizenship who, while under oath, on his preliminary examination, in order to facilitate and insure his naturalization and thus obtain citizenship, gave false...

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