Mita

The plaintiff, an alien, was ordered to be deported upon the ground that he was giving assistance to a prostitute, and also that he was maintaining a house of prostitution; the house in question being a hotel operated by Mm at Portland. The court below dismissed Ms petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Fully appreciating the consequences of deportation to the alien and Ms family, we have examined the record with care, but find no substantial ground for disturbing the order. To warrant deportation it was only necessary for the government to show that appellant was knowingly giving assistance to a prostitute in the pursuit of her unlawful vocation. Two witnesses, one a city police officer, gave testimony which, if credited, would leave no doubt of the truth of the charge. In a campaign against violators of the law, these two men were assigned to the task of discovering evidence. Admittedly the Hart woman occupied a room in the appellant’s hotel. The police officer, who had upon a previous occasion rented a room at the hotel, testified that on the evening of *12 April 22d he inquired of Mita whether he could have a room and a girl. Mita replied that he could have a room, and that…