Gonzalez-Martinez

Appellant, Miguel Gonzalez-Martinez, a Mexican alien, married Maria Rita Dominguez in Mexico on August 29, 1939; entered the United States in 1945 on or before November 21, 1945; committed the crime of bigamy by marrying Enriqueta Mestis in California on November 21, 1945, while still married to Maria Rita Dominguez; returned to Mexico in 1945 on or after November 21, 1945; reentered the United States in January, 1951; and on March 22, 1951, admitted the commission, on November 21, 1945, of the crime of bigamy mentioned above.

That was a crime involving moral turpitude. Whitty v. Weedin, 9 Cir., 68 F.2d 127 . Hence appellant was deportable under one of the provisions of 8 U.S.C.A. § 155 (a) relating to criminals, namely, the provision that, At any time within five years after entry, * * * any alien * * * who admits the commission, prior to entry, of a felony or other crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude * * * shall, upon the warrant of the Attorney General, be taken into custody and deported”.

A warrant for appellant’s arrest was issued on June 20, 1951, by appellee H. R. Landon, the district director of Immigration and Naturalization in charge of District No. 16.…