United States v. Bischof

HUTCHESON, District Judge.

This is a petition brought under section 15 of the Naturalization Act (8 USCA § 405),.to cancel a certificate of citizenship granted the respondent by the Supreme Court of the state of New York in and for Sullivan county, on June 23, 1928, on the ground of illegality in its procurement. The illegality asserted was that the defendant had not behaved as a person of good moral character during the period of five years immediately preceding the date of his application for naturalization, since during said period his wife had instituted a suit for and obtained against him…