United States v. Rubia

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Appellee, a native born Filipino, is a coast guardsman, serving his sixth consecutive enlistment. Presenting six honorable discharges, he applied for naturalization under Section 388, Title 8, U.S.C.A., authorizing Filipinos with a service record to so apply, and Section 393 of the same title, making honorable discharge certificates prima facie evidence to satisfy the requirements of residence and good moral character. The examiner objected that he had not behaved as a person of good moral character, because in 1925 and 26 he had served a term for embezzlement of an…