> If the person had been tried at Court for manslaughter and > been acquitted would he and family have been allowed to > migrate to USA. Hi, Ken,     I'm going to suggest that you lookup the word "Acquitted" or "Acquittal" to understand its legal meaning.  He has been freed of the charge, so there would be no reason to control his movements.  And as Nivard has already reported, most countries didn't keep track of who left, only who entered.     And the Common Law tradition in the West is that only the convicted man is punished, not his family.     Good hunting,          Lou

Not sure how relevant but noticed many Norwegians changed their names, either from the family name to something like Jensen if father was Jens or took the farm or manor name, so if anything following them they escaped it on the voyage. Would be surprised if the occasional "roberts" became a "countesthorpe" that is to say a name with a connection to their roots.Not everything is easy to trace by just name. Terry > Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:19:16 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LEI] Emigration > > > If the person had been tried at Court for manslaughter and > > been acquitted would he and family have been allowed to > > migrate to USA. > > Hi, Ken, > > I'm going to suggest that you lookup the word "Acquitted" or "Acquittal" to understand its legal meaning. He has been freed of the charge, so there would be no reason to control his movements. And as Nivard has already reported, most countries didn't keep track of who left, only who entered. > > And the Common Law tradition in the West is that only the convicted man is punished, not his family. > > Good hunting, > Lou > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message