Clark v. Orabona

WILSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court of Rhode Island granting a writ of habeas corpus on the petition of the appellee, who is an alien, and who had been ordered deported under section 19, c. 29, 39 Stat. 889 (8 USCA § 155), on the ground that after his entry into this country he had been sentenced more than once because of a conviction for a crime involving moral turpitude.

The part of section 19 of chapter 29, 39 Stat. 889 (8 USCA § 155), applicable to this ease is as follows:

“Any alien who, after February 5, 1917, is sentenced to imprisonment for a term…