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in accordance with the law
In this case,
aloo,
the men
a.
Chung-a. Kias and Sich a
ain, the
former suppressed to be concerned in the
robbery and the latter the informant,
are under arrest
I have also a
despatch from
the
Prefect,
to a man nama
required
with reference J'aw a tsien, whose arrest was for a robbery committed at the Hotel d'Europe by your Despatch N. 372- of the 26th of May. The Prefect says that Jan-a tōiew has surrendered himself
uito custody and denies his complicity
in the matter.
ad these cases bear
the
upon
question of giving up, for punishment
!
at Hongtong, Chinuse subjects who have committed offences in the Colorry but are arrested in Chinese territory, referred to
in my despatch N. 53 of the 9th Instant,
and
th
replied to by yours of the 14th Instant, No 439, and I have to state that Q
have fully
Viceroy and
that
may
ch
año fairly laid it before the
led out the inconveniences
pointed
attend a strict rendering of
the 16th Article of the Treaty, which
provides for the arrest and punishment- of Chinese subjects by Chinese law. This Excellency, now wn, is of opinion that he cannot diverge from the conditions therein laid down, and that
all Chinese offenders
arrested within
Chinese jurisdiction must be bied:
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