Ex Parte Kojiro Sugimori

COSGRAVE, District Judge.

Petitioner is an alien, a native of Japan. He entered the United States in 1903 as a member of the crew of a vessel, left the vessel with permission at the port of New York, *783and has resided in the United States ever since, engaging in various occupations, principally fishing. On November 5, 1925, desiring to transact some business that required his presence in Mexico, he applied to the Japanese consulate at Los Angeles for a document which is nothing more than a certificate of identification. In it the Japanese Consul at Los Angeles certifies that petitioner presented…