United States v. Hodgman

BOURQUIN, District Judge.

Suit to cancel defendant’s certificate of citizenship, for that after declaration of intention, and before admission, he was naturalized a British subject.

It appears that defendant was bom a citizen of the United States, and about a month before making the declaration involved he executed oaths of allegiance to the British sovereign to- qualify himself to secure title to Canadian lands. He was advised and bélieved he there■upon became a British subject. Shortly thereafter he determined to abandon British allegiance, return to the United States, and seek repatriation.…