In re Polsson

(orally). Petitioner’s application for admission to citizenship is based upon a declaration of intention made by him on September 9, 1901, while, he was a minor, being but 19 years of age; and it is objected by the government that under the law as it then existed petitioner was not competent, by reason of nonage, to make such declaration, and that it is consequently void and affords no sufficient foundation for the granting of a final certificate. Petitioner being unrepresented by counsel, the United States Attorney has refrained from taking a strictly partisan attitude in the matter, and has…