Lucchesi

This appeal is prosecuted from an order denying appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant, an alien, was arrested on October 18, 1928, on a charge of running a house of prostitution, known as the Palmer Hotel, in the City of Tacoma, Wash. In December, 1929, after hearings before immigrant inspectors and before tbe Department of Labor, appellant was ordered deported on the ground that he had been found in the United States in violation of the Immigration Act of 1917, § 19' (8 USCA § 155), in that he had been found managing a house of prostitution.

It appears that appellant had lived at the hotel since 1923 or 1924. In February, 1925, he obtained a lease of the premises and operated the hotel. In May, 1925, he hired one Loie Tucker to manage the hotel for him while he made a trip to Italy. In September, 1925, a few weeks after his return from Italy, he married Loie Tucker and they continued to reside at and operate the hotel until July, 1926, when they vacated the premises. In September, 1926, appellant’s wife (Loie Tucker) obtained, a lease of the hotel) in her own name and operated it until June, 1928. During this period she "and her husband were living at the…