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AWV manny Pas eo Province and to be regarded av are matters within my authority which I am entitled to exercise, quite equal to Sir Rutherford Alcock's.
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I do not, however, forward the correspondence that I may have elicited, as it has adverted to matters which will, in any case, progress much as usual. I am obliged, however, to forward it for another reason, and in doing so, I am compelled, in justice to myself, to make the above remarks.
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The reason why I now transmit it is that Sir R. Alcock declares emphatically that Criminals, being British, may be followed and arrested in Chinese territory by British authority because by treaty the Crown has jurisdiction over them.
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Escapes of criminals to the adjoining mainland have not been unfrequent; it is, therefore, desirable that, independent of any advice which I may obtain here, Your Grace should procure for me the opinion of the Crown lawyers as to the soundness of the law laid down by Sir R. Alcock, and whether, if his statement can be relied on, in the event of a Chinese-born criminal escaping from lawful British custody, he could be regarded for the time as being so...
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