United States ex rel. O'Connor v. Day

THACHER, District Judge.

Habeas corpus proceedings upon tbe relation of Joseph O’Connor, held in custody by tbe respondent under a warrant of deportation signed by tbe Assistant to tbe Secretary of Labor directing tbe deportation of the relator upon tbe ground that be has been sentenced subsequent to May 1, 1917, to imprisonment for a term of one year or more because of conviction in this country of a crime involving moral turpitude, to wit, petty larceny, committed within five years after his entry.

It appears without contradiction that tbe relator was arrested on September 7, 1927, charged…