Bosch Petition

Henninger, P. J.,

This petitioner, a citizen of the United States by naturalization in the United States District Court at Philadelphia, on December 11, 1951, on October 7, 1955, filed the petition for the naturalization mentioned above on behalf of her son, Gerard Candon, age 13, a native of North Ireland and a national of Great Britain, under the provisions of section 322 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of June 27, 1952, C. 477, 66 Stat. at L. 246, 8 U. S. C. §1433.

The question presented is whether the illegitimate alien child of an American citizen may be naturalized upon the basis…