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Opinion of the Attorney General:
The question which arises out of the requisition of the Governor of Macao for the surrender of an escaped prisoner is one of some difficulty.
The man is said to be a pirate, an assassin, and a fugitive from justice. It is declared by public jurists that every state is bound (independent of Treaty) upon application and due examination of the case, to surrender a person guilty of crimes of great atrocity deeply affecting the Public safety. (Manning's International Law by Abdy p. 125, 126). In the report of the Select Committee on Extradition it will be found that this