Charles Babouris v. P. A. Esperdy, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization for the District of New York

Our holding, as I understand it, is that the offense here immediately in issue is a crime “involving moral turpitude,” as *624that phrase is used in § 241(a) (4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a) (4). We do not hold, however, or even suggest or intimate, that a conviction for violation of any of the other paragraphs of this broad state statute, which cover disorderly conduct, simple assaults, etc. — all without the benefit of trial to a jury — is a ground for deportation under the Federal Act. Compare Holzapfel v. Wyrsch, 3 Cir., 259 F.2d 890, and Gubbels v. Hoy,…