United States Ex Rel. Chartrand v. Karnuth

KNIGHT, District Judge.

This proceeding comes here on an application for a writ of habeas corpus. The relator is held on a warrant of deportation based on the charge that prior to his entry into this country he was convicted of a. crime involving moral turpitude. Two questions are presented: one — whether the evidence produced upon the hearing before the immigration authorities was sufficient to show the conviction of any crime; the other — whether the crime alleged to have been committed is one involving moral turpitude. A certificate of a police court clerk of the court purports to certify a…