Florence Lillian Flumerfelt v. United States

Our problem here is whether the District Judge erred in denying citizenship to the applicant-appellant upon the ground that she did not sustain her burden to prove that she “has been (for the statutory period) and still is a person of good moral character” as required by Section 1427(a) (3) of Title 8 U.S.C.A. We hold that no error was committed.

The evidence submitted to the court showed that she entered the United States from Canada, worked for awhile as a domestic and later as a waitress in several restaurants, all but one of which was run by persons of Chinese blood. She belonged to several “bottle clubs” which were organizations where members brought their own liquors and danced. She lived at a hotel as to which there was hearsay evidence of an unsavory character. She testified that she removed therefrom upon hearing of it. Her hotel room connected with a room occupied by a man who went on automobile rides with her and others. There is only inference or suspicion that anything wrong occurred between the two in the rooms or on any of the pleasure rides, except upon one occasion. Upon this one occasion Appellant testified that while she and the man referred to were in an…