x indeed
there is in
to take advantage of the rendition art: the Treaty of Tientsin (XXX) Considering the difficully Getting the truth from chinese witnesses
& that cases are as
so
frequently decided
the doctrine of probability as any thing Else, it may to happen that a chuirse Officer commissioned by the Provincial Imperial foot to proceed to Hongkong
witurases in a
rendition Case
may
f
by
with
find
himself in dicted for a conspiracy a committed for a term of imprisonment by the Supreme Court alltid he has in truth done nothing to deserve it. Suel a contiging
I take to be a
Such
:
very grave one x very likely seriously to interfere with our amicable relations with the Chinese foo._ The Late
Case was
I believe an unsound one
may not be so
that
Danger
but
hereafter & hence the
I venture therefore to think that
under
405
under the peculiar circes W? attend Chinese protection sh? be afforder
Evidence some
to the Officers of the Imperial foot acting within the jurisdiction of the colony of Hongkong in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty.
The attorney fent,
Us?
Panncefole with whom I have had some Conversation on the subject says
that
nove but ambassadors & their servants
but I
are entitled to protection, inclined to think the obligations international Law that an officer
до
D
little further
Commission d
by his foot
to carry out the stipulation of a Treaty
is
protected in virtue thereof, a is not amenable to the Local Law While in the exercise of such a function, but if this is not so it seems desirable for the reasons above given that protection sh? be afforded in some shape when they of a class of Lawyers Tho will take up a
come
within reach
Case