Ex parte Knowles

Murray, C. J., and Bryan, J., concurred.

This is an application on the part of an alien to become naturalized under the provisions of the Constitution and laws of the United States.

*301It has been made directly to this Court, and has been resisted by several eminent members of the Bar, in the character of amici curia, on the ground that State Courts have no jurisdiction of the subject matter.

It might be a sufficient answer to the applicant to declare what is the settled decision of this Court,—that it is, under the State Constitution, an appellate tribunal, and can take no original jurisdiction,…