United States v. Balsara
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Application by Bhicaji Franyi Belsara for admission to citizenship. From an order admitting applicant (171 Fed. 294), the United States appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
The Farsees emigrated some 1,200 years ago from Persia into India, and now live in the neighborhood of Bombay, to the number of about 100,000. They constitute a settlement by themselves of intelligent and well-to-do persons, principally engaged in commerce, and are as distinct from the Hindus as are the English who dwell in India. Balsara himself is a merchant of this city, entirely qualified for citizenship but for the fact, as the government contends, that he is not within section-2169 of the United States Revised Statutes (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1333), which provides…
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