Kostenowczyk

The petitioner, appellant here, was ordered deported by warrant of the Secretary of Labor, wherein, after reciting that, from proof submitted after due hearing, he continued: “I have become satisfied that the alien * * * who landed at the port of San Francisco * * * on the 18th day of November, 1916, has been found in the United States in violation of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917 (Comp. Sti §§ 959, 960,4289%a et seq.), to wit: That he imported or attempted to import a person for immoral purposes, and that he has been convicted or admits the commission of a felony or other crime or misdemean- or involving moral turpitude, to wit, adultery, prior to entry into the United States.” ,

The principal assignment raises the question of the sufficiency of the evidence relat *835 ing to the importation for immoral purposes. In 1909 Kostenowczyk was married to Leokadia Weszork in Poland, and was the father of three children by her. In 1915 he left his wife and children in Poland and went to Kahrof, Russia. There he met Stansilofer Halaburda and cohabited with her for several months. The two then went to Irkutsk, where they continued to live together for six months. In 1916 they…