Legal Opinion

In re Aprea

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York

Decided February 26, 1908PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Petition for Naturalization. This petition was filed in this court on the 20th day of November, 1907, and was apparently verified by Giuseppe Silvestri and Alberto Ventri, who made affidavit that they were citizens of the United States and that they had personally known the petitioner to be a resident of the United States for a period of at least five years continuously immediately preceding the date of filing his petition, and of the state of New York for a period of seven…

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1Opinion of the CourtLacombe, Circuit Judge

(after stating the facts as above). Subdivision 2 of paragraph 2 of section 4 of the naturalization act of June 29, 1906 (34 Stat. 596, c. 3592 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1907, p: 421]), provides as follows:

i‘The petition shall also be verified by the affidavits of at least two credible witnesses, who are citizens of the United States, and who shall state in their affidavits that they have personally known the applicant to be a resident of the United States for a period of at least five years continuously, and of the state, territory, or district in which the application is made for a period of…

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