Smith v. Hays

STONE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus to release appellant from custody under a deportation proceeding.

Appellant, a citizen of Canada, was arrested under a deportation warrant charging that he had “been convicted of or admits the commission of a felony or other crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude prior to his entry into the United States, to wit, “fraud.” The detention order contained an identical charge,. At the hearing before the immigration inspector, the evidence tended to show that appellant, while in Canada, had embezzled funds…