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for one of Her Majesty's Rincipal secretanes of State
by warrant to order the fugitive to be delivered touch persons as shall be authory ed to receive him and such. fugitive shall be dehverd
Wp accordingly.
Thave no
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doubt that by the words it shall be lawful" is meant "it shall be obligatory". Consequently, as none of the three treaties contain any. exception to the effect that
surrender shall not be made,
if the cause of the demand is only colorably to panish the person, who has apparent, of the criminal
Committed one
offences named in the treaty,
and really to obtain possession Of a political offender, it would in
theary
be maumbent
upon the Government to make
surrender of such political But Mr. Hamin
offenders
informed the Committee that an understanding exists between Great Britain and the other Powers