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Treaties of this nature become to a great extent worthless when considering the action. His Excellency should be furnished with reference to renditions from this Colony to China. To illustrate shortly what we have just pointed out.
For example, a German living in London, after murdering Mrs. Briggs on the North London Railway, fled to the United States and was given up by them upon his rendition being made by the English Government. Had he fled to China, he could not have been claimed by England under any Extradition Treaty with China.
1. In our case, if the offender had been residing in London instead of Hong Kong at the time the crime was committed and an application for his arrest had been made, could he have been claimed from England by China under any Extradition Treaty? We think there cannot be the slightest doubt that he could not.
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