held that under the Frenty with Ameriin which specifies "Princy"

as

one of the Extractition

Creines,

a

man cannot

be surrendered

for

Pirncy jure gentium"

but only for

Crime which

is

made pericy by the Municipal Law.

of the Country den

- munding the surrender

of the

accused because

there is "Concurrent

"Lurisdiction.

in

cases of Princy pure

gentium.

In

2. 13. The case of the Spark is stated

to have occurred in Chinese Waters though is a British Shijo. Hence the concurrent Jurisdiction - of that be so, the crime not having occurred on the high seas, the Prisoners could not have been tried for Piracy "jure gentium" in Hongkong but only for Robbery & Mander in British Ship.gp.

85

In the case

of the Attorney

of Hong Kong

Geneent

Kwok. a-sing before

the Privy Council- this view was

upheld,

notwithstanding

the extreme generality..

of the words of the

Tientsin.

Fenty of

The Privy Council.

Judgment states

pant all ordinary

crimes such as

()

munder, robbery, theft,

arson, committed

by ca.

in Chinese within Chinise Tirritong

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