Show I 1 naturalization DECISION A DECISION i recently made by the supreme court of illinois in a case of i disputed citizenship la Is perhaps novel but is no doubt correct john P keehu reil Kell arwas awas indicted in the federal court at springfield for having voted when not entitled to vote a at an election for representative in con Cou congress gress held hold in 1880 in the township of east lincoln I logan co county u n ty the facts of the case as they appeared on the trial were these dellara Ke llara parents were bub aub leota feats of prussia where his father died in 1865 at which time the son eon was only beven years of age hla hia mother came to the united states bringing the boy with her and in 1863 1868 sh she e marriel marrie I 1 michael gaschka Gasch ba who naho was a naturalized citizen of the united states the prost prosecution cution took the ground that kellar rellar had no right to vote without complying with section ou 2167 of the revised statutes of th the e united states which provides that an alien nilen arriving in this country under age living nere here three years be fore attaining his majority may after five years residence obtain hla hia naturalization papers without inal making king a det dee of intentions the tha court decided that the section had bad no application to the case but dob lob that rel Kel lara iara mother upon marriage mar flage with i ice became came into facto a citizen of the united states as fully as if she had been herself natural az z ed and that the iho son being a minor and dwelling in this country when hia bla mother married became by virtue of her m marriage with a naturalized citizen himself f a citizen the defendant was honorably discharged and a precedent established which should be generally understood not only is an alien woman naturalized by marriage to a citizen but it if she has hag minor children they also become citizens by that union |