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being regularly tried in Hong Kong,
a course which could never have
been contemplated by the negotiators
of the Treaty of
Tien-tsin, for the
reason that it would practically have
removed the "venue" of the cases from the places where the crimes were
committed and made Chinese
subjects amenable to English authority
for offences committed against the
law of
China in Chinese territory.
Besides, the framers of the very
ordinances to which Y.L. has
referred me seem to have taken
the same view of the meaning
of
the word "proof of guilt" as
that taken by the Chinese Govt.; for,
at Section III.
of
Ordinance I of 1850,
it is stated that it shall be
lawful for the magistrate to
commit the prisoners whose extradition
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a course which c? never have
been contemplated by the negotiators
of the Treaty of
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Besides, the frames of the very
ordinances to which Y. L has
referred me seem to have taken
the same view of the meaning
of
the word "proof of guilt " as
that taken by the Chinese Gort: for,
at Section III
of
Ordinance. I of 1850,
it is stated that it shall be
lawful for the magistrate to
conemit the prisoners whose extradition
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