Conti v. Tillinghast

BREWSTER, District Judge.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, brought by the wife of Rosario Conti, a native of Italy, who is now held under a warrant of deportation issued by the Department of Labor on the sole ground that the alien has remained in the United States for a longer time than permitted under the Immigration Act of 1924 (8 USCA §§ 145, 146, 166, 167, 179, 201-226, 229), or regulations made thereunder. The material facts are not in dispute, and may be briefly stated:

Conti landed as a seaman on November 13,1913, at New York, where he deserted the ship and went to…