Dow v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina, at Charleston; Henry A. M. Smith, Judge. Application by George Dow for naturalization was denied (211 Fed. 486), and on rehearing was again denied (213 Fed. 355), and applicant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
[1] The appellant, George Dow, a Syrian, was denied naturalization on the sole ground that a Syrian of Asiatic birth is not a free white person within the meaning of the naturalization statute. After the first decision of the matter a rehearing was granted at the instance of other Syrians interested. In his two opinions the District Judge reached the conclusion, which he supported with remarkable force and learning, that the “free white persons” made eligible to naturalization by the statute included aliens of European nativity or descent, and no others.
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