In re Larsen

HILL, District Judge.

At the hearing of Ludvig P. Larsen’s petition for naturalization, the United States attorney moved to dismiss the petition because it appeared from the certificate of arrival that petitioner’s declaration of intention was made in Hawaii May 17, 1921, three months prior to the date of entry shown by the certificate of arrival, and was therefore illegal. In all other respects it is conceded that petitioner was qúalified for citizenship.

Petitioner was born in Norway, and testified that he entered the United States in 1918 from Prince Rupert, B. C., as a sailor on a small…