In re Bourke

POLLOCK, District Judge.

The facts are petitioner filed his declaration of intention to become a citizen of this country in due form of law July 19, 1904. Based on this declaration of intention, he filed his petition in this court for a judgment of naturalization on the 14th dayof December, 1916, more than seven years after the act of Congress of June 29, 1906, in regard to naturalization took effect. The question presented in this case is this: Will the declaration so filed support the petition, and warrant the entry of a judgment of naturalization as prayed therein, or was the right of…