Legal Opinion
Bessho v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 1, 1910No. 924PublishedCited by 15 opinions
■ Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Petition for naturalization by Namyo Bessho. From an order denying such petition, he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
GOFF, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, a subject of the Mikado of Japan, filed his petition in the court below, in which he asked that hq might be naturalized and admitted as a citizen of the United States. He claimed that he was entitled to the privilege so sought by him, because of the provisions of an act of Congress approved July 28. 1894 (chapter 1G5, 28 Stat. 124 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1332]), reading as follows:
“Any alien of the age of twenty-one years and upward who has enlisted or may enlist in the United States navy or marine corps, and has served or may hereafter serve five…
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