Ex parte Overington
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS was a petition by William Overington to be admitted to the rights of a citizen of the United upon taking the oaths prescribed by law. ' .The father of the petitioner, John Overington, a native subiect of Great Britain, arrived in the United States on the 10th of October 1807. He reported himself and the petitioner, then and still a minor, in conformity to the second section 7 , J the act of Congress of the 14th ot April 1802; and resided in the state of Pennsylvania,…
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THIS was a petition by William Overington to be admitted to the rights of a citizen of the United upon taking the oaths prescribed by law. ' .The father of the petitioner, John Overington, a native subiect of Great Britain, arrived in the United States on the 10th of October 1807. He reported himself and the petitioner, then and still a minor, in conformity to the second section 7 , J the act of Congress of the 14th ot April 1802; and resided in the state of Pennsylvania, from the time of his arrival, until the first day ot October 1809, when he died. On a former day of this term, the…
1Opinion of the Court
TTilghman C. J.
rafter stating the facts, pronounced his opinion as follows:
It is enacted by the act of Congress passed the 14th of April 1802, that any alien being a free white person, may be admitted to become a citizen ot the United ¿states on certain conditions, the first of which is, that he shall have declared on oath, three years at least before his admission, that it was bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States. The second section of this act directs, that all free persons being aliens, who may arrive in the United States shall make a report or themselves in the…
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