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9.
451
-of
the one
might, but was
was not
bound ; to comply with an a
application
from the ruler of a neighbouring
State, for the rendition person who having
of
Q
com mitte d
capital felony in the one
be
then to be
State
nd in
found
ta te,
the existence
Was
the other. To
of such a
deny right would be to ~
proclaim immu
unity to murderers,
man stealers
and
every other
class of villains except Pirates-all of whom might rot and day in
kingdom with impunity-- provided they could make
one
their
escape into the adjoining State. The Geographical position
(
of Hongkong would render it peculiarly liable to become the head
quarters of foreign slave dealers, who after loading their vessels with Kidnapped booties from Chinese
Towns
and
villages,
and
despatching them to buba elsewhere, might the
find a safe
mde
and
lves.
in the
safe retreat British Colony of Hongkong,
the ve
to await
favorable
time for the commission of freck
a trocitico.
In the present case the ~ prisoner (a Perusian) was not
resident in Hongkong
a
but came into this Harbour