Hantzopoulos v. United States

HAYES, District Judge.

The petitioner had a preliminary hearing upon his petition for naturalization before Hon. Jesse Thomas, *147who was appointed to conduct the hearing and to make findings and recommendations thereon. He examined the petitioner and his required witnesses and recommended that the petition be denied, because the petitioner was absent from the United States for more than one year of the five-year period immediately preceding the date of his petition.

From the evidence offered at the preliminary hearing, and the additional evidence produced in open court, I find the following…