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126 F.2d 1020

Docket No. 7836.

In re Gogate

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Submitted Dec. 19, 1941.

Decided March 16, 1942.

Third Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1942-03-16

2 counsel of record

Relies on United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind

Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1942-03-16

¶1*1021Joseph P. Brennan, Asst. U. S. Atty, of Scranton, Pa. (Frederick V. Follmer, U. S. Atty., of Scranton, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

¶2Charles W. Kalp, of Lewisburg, Pa., for appellee.

¶3Before BIGGS, MARIS, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5The question raised by the appeal at bar is really one of fact. See United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind, 261 U.S. 204, 214, 215, 43 S.Ct. 338, 67 L.Ed. 616. The trial court found as a fact that Gogate is a white person within the meaning of Section 303 of the Nationality Act of 1940, 8 U.S.C.A. § 703. An examination of the transcript filed in this court by the appellant shows that some of the pertinent exhibits introduced in evidence by the appel-lee are not before this court. It follows, therefore, that we cannot review the findings of fact of the learned trial judge or determine them to be “clearly erroneous”. See Rule 52(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c, made applicable to actions of this kind by Rule 81(a) (2) thereof.

¶6Accordingly the order of the court below is affirmed.

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