of His Lordship's opinion
as
な
the instructions which should be
sent to the deting Governor
of Honghong in the assumption,
in the present
case
that the
crime was committed in Chinese
narrow waters and would consequently,
under
one
ordinary circumstances, be
for rendition.
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reply
to
suggest, for the consideration
of Her Majesty's Secretary of State
177
State for the Colonies, that if
the crime charged is not Pracy
"jure gentium" but a crime
against the municipal laws
of China, the Acting Governor
of Hongkong should be instructed to request Her Majesty's Consul at Canton to furnish his Spinion
present case
as
him with
to whether the
is one
in which be
apprehends that torture will.
be applied if the fugitive
Should