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I am to enclose (confidentially) copies of their Reports.
As regards the present case of Chering, Lord Iddesleigh is not prepared to say that the conclusion arrived at by the Government of Hongkong was wrong. It is difficult to lay down any precise rule in such a matter, but His Lordship is disposed to think that where the magistrate has committed the fugitive on evidence which in his opinion constitutes a prime facie case, the extradition should not be refused unless the Governor in Council is satisfied on a review of the evidence that the decision of the magistrate was erroneous either on the ground that the material evidence against the alleged fugitive criminal was unworthy of belief by reason of bribery, intimidation, or other circumstances, or...