United States ex rel. De Visser v. Flynn

HAZEL, District Judge.

The relator is a British subject, born on the island of Ceylon. He first came to the United States in 1920, as a seaman on a Trans-Atlantic vessel sailing between Germany and the United States. On October 13, 1923, the steamship, upon which he sailed, arrived at Philadelphia, where he claims to have been examined by an immigration officer, and subsequently the vessel proceeded to Baltimore, where the trip ended. He was permitted to go ashore for the purpose of reshipping to foreign ports, but failed to do so on account of ill health,, and instead worked about the harbor…