Johnson v. United States ex rel. Pepe

(after stating the facts as above).

This appeal involves the construction of section 19 of the Immigation Act of February 5, 1917 (39 Stat. 889; 8 USCA § 155), which reads in part as follows:

“Sec. 19. * * * except as hereinafter provided, any alien who is hereafter sentenced to imprisonment for a term of one year or more because of conviction in this country of a crime involving moral turpitude, committed within five years after the entry of the alien to the United States, or who is hereafter sentenced more than once to such a term of imprisonment because of conviction in this country of any…