In re Caroni

BOURQUIN, District Judge.

In 1912 in a local court this petitioner for citizenship was convicted of manslaughter, and in 1915 he was paroled from a state prison after«servicfe of 30 months of an 8-year sentence. To his naturalization no other objection appears, and none other is necessary. The moral turpitude involved in any unlawful killing of a human being refutes all evidence of that good character which is a condition precedent to admission to American citizenship. The offense is more indicative of the applicant’s true character than is any amount of precautionary and decorous conduct…