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being treaties withe Pure and limits there where he could

as was

Commity

We tried (as required this rendition to Peru in preference to thina

foroved by affidavit) international Comit

of rendition

2nd I that international comity, thetween two states did not

extend to subjects of a thived state

3 h I that the affitication for rendition ought to be made.

by the Emperse as the Snforme Power in the state whilst

the application here made was

Governor

་ ས་བ ་འ༑ ཙ་

a more

e provincial

And lastly that whereas by article twenty one of

the Treaty (paplefeed 26 June/860/with China the rendition of

Chinese subjects only

right

was

stifuctated for, that exituded all

in China to ask for the rendition of English much

hew of Foreign fugitives from thina

"The thief Justice however (without calling

on me

to support the return) decided that the forisoner must be remanded - He however said that on the last ground suggested by Mr Pollard the had had

that on

the whole he had thought it right to decide

against the prisoner. He thought the ease most important in its consequences and the should recommend the Governor to abstain from rendering up the prisoner to the threse authorities until the opinion of the Law Officers at Home could be thetained on the question

Mr. Pollard then applied to the Court to set the n

purisoner at large

been accepted

on

the like Bail to that which had

on his commitment for trial

The Chief Justice said such an application did not foroperly come before him; but he strongly recommended that the forisoner should be let out on

Bail.

I expressed my willingness to consent to Bail bony tatten

if it

were practicatule but I added I feared difficulties in

inforcing the usual recognizance in case

of for fecture

as this appeared to me to the

Mr. Pollard

doubts but

in a case

grave

extrajudicial

that

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