Nagle

This is an appeal from an order denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The appellant applied .for admission as the son of a citizen of the United States. The eiti■zenship of the alleged father is admitted, so that only the question of relationship is at issue on this appeal. Admission was denied because of certain discrepancies in the testimony. Those considered by the Board of Review are the following: First. The alleged father drew a diagram of .the ancestral hall in the home village where the appellant attended school, from which it appeared that' the hall consisted of one large room, two small .ones, and an open court. The witness testified that all three rooms were walled up to the ceiling with brick. The appellant, on the other hand, testified that the ancestral hall contained but one room and an open court, and, when asked if any part of the hall was partitioned off, he answered in the negative. The appellant also drew a diagram of the hall, which disclosed one large room, with an open court’in the center. Second. The alleged father was asked whether his family had an ancestral tablet in the hall, and answered that a tablet of his paternal grandfather was there.…