Ex parte Wilson

This is a proceeding by habeas corpus in whieh the petitioner -asks to be discharged from an order of deportation issued by the Secretary of Labor, directing that petitioner be deported to Great Britain, the country of his allegiance.

The warrant of deportation charges that the petitioner is in the United States in vio *538 lation of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917, §19 (8 USCA § 155), in that:

While the warrant does not include the charge, the evidence shows that the alien at the time of his last entry entered without inspection, and that he was at that time a person likely to become a public charge.

Briefs have been submitted for the petitioner by Mr. William H. Wylie and Mr. H. P. L. Beck, attorneys of San Diego, and oral argument by Mr. Wylie. The government was represented by the United States Attorney and briefs submitted by Mr. Gwyn S. Redwine, Assistant United States Attorney and oral argument had by Mr. Red-wine.

It appears that the petitioner entered the United States more than twenty years ago, and in 1908 entered a plea of guilty in some court in the state of Minnesota to the charge of petty lareeny. It further appears that some time in January, 1928,…