United States ex rel. Pellegrino v. Karnuth

KNIGHT, District Judge.

The relator, born in Italy, arrived in the United States on June 5, 1914, under an immigration visa and paid a direct head tax. He resided in Jamestown, N. Y., and was married in 1917. On July 16, 1920, in the County Court of Cattaraugus County, N. Y., he pleaded guilty to the charge of assault for which he was sentenced to pay a fine of $250. The fine was paid. In 1933, after securing a re-entry permit, he returned to Italy, and again came to the United States on August 16, 1933.

This proceeding comes before this court upon a Writ of Habeas Corpus sued out by the…