Bermann v. Reimer

The only question involved in this appeal is whether the relator, an alien, was properly denied entry into the United States under § 136(e) of Title 8 U.S.C.A., on the ground that he had been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude. He had been a merchant doing business in Bern, Switzerland; he became bankrupt in April, 1938, and his business was liquidated; at about the same time he was convicted of “fraud” in the .criminal division of the Superior Court of the Canton of Bern, a copy of whose decision was put in evidence at the hearings before the Board of Special Inquiry. This was a…