Case No. 14,214.

Ex parte TUCKER.

[1 Cranch, C. C. 89.]¹

Circuit Court, District of Columbia.

April Term, 1802.

NATURALIZATION—RESIDENCE—DEPOSITION.

Upon application for naturalization a deposition in 1802, that the deponents have known the applicant “since the year 1793, in New York,” is not evidence that he was residing in the United States before the 29th of January, 1795.

John Tucker, a native of the Island of Bermuda, applied to be admitted a citizen of the United States, under the law of April 14th, 1802. A deposition of Governeer and Kemble, taken before a notary-public, stated that they have known him “since the year 1793, in New York, and that he was a supercargo in their employ in the year 1795, and continued till 1798.”

The application was made under the clause authorizing persons resident in the United States before the 29th of January, 1795, to become citizens on proof of two years residence, &c.

THE COURT were unanimously of opinion that the affidavit was not sufficient.

TUCKER. Ex parte. See Case No. 10,547.

¹ [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

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