15-95
he
had absconded to Wangling, would under the present law be safe from surrender: although by removing part of his estate to the value of Fifty Hollars he had
committed a
crime, which if
an offence
committed here would be against a Bankruptcy Ordinance (Dec. 17th, par. 3). This is unsatisfactory. State of affairs would, I submit, no longer exist, if by a change in the law, the right of inter-colonial Extradition were extended; as
in
suggested
in the Schedule to the Draft Bill forwarded to the Secretary of State by "M. Austin", to "Crimes against the law of Bankruptcy or Insolvency"
or to such offences by some other comprehensive words of general description.
12.
In conclusion I have to thank Your Excellency for forwarding Lord Cormarren's Despatch for my perusal, and I respectfully request that Your Excellency in his reply will be good enough to explain the whole matter to the Secretary of State and
may
relieve me
from the imputation that now rests upon me of having
caused
an unfortunate failure of Justice in this Colony.
I have to.
Caused
John Brownstow
(Signed) John
Genshine.
Colonial Secretary
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