Ciambelli Ex Rel. Maranci v. Johnson

BREWSTER, District Judge.

John Maranei was arrested on a warrant of deportation as an alien who had been sentenced to imprisonment for a term of one year or more, because of conviction in this country of a crime involving moral turpitude committed within five years after the entry of the alien into the United States. Section 19, Act Feb. 5. 1917 (Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 42S91/4jj). A writ of habeas corpus is sought on behalf of the alien upon a petition which raises two questions :

First. Whether the alien had been sentenced to imprisonment for á term of one year or more;…