application.
for
prisoner who is
the rendition of a
fugitive offender
confined in
the Gaol of this Colony where he is
undergoing
a sentence of
years' penal servitude; pronounced
by the Supreme Court. I have
informed the Viceroy
that
Jean
Lauder
the circumstances I cannot give
at present.
.3.
By direction of the Acting Attorney
General,
I enclose copy of a report
from him,
in which he
quotes the Extradition Act of 1870
and expresses
his
opinion
that
though this Act does not apply
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452
to rendition between this Colony and China, the Government should be
guided by the principle therein
laid down.
At the
same time he
points out that if it becomes known
that this principle is
recognized,
Chinese criminals who had taken
refuge in this Colony might be
induced to commit crime here in
order to be sentenced
by a Hongkong
Court and thereby escape
a severer
punishment if given up
on
requisition by
the Chinese
Government