Above minute Mr. Ackroyd's attention was drawn by me, orally, to the question whether the demand for extradition ought not be complied with on the ground of escape from lawful custody, irrespectively of the offence which occasioned that custody.
Minute by the Colonial Secretary.
To the Hon: the Acting Attorney General, as above.
8./F. Nowart, Colonial Secretary, 7 December 187...
Minute by the Acting Attorney General,
I have had a further opportunity of examining the question whether the Chinese Government can under the Treaty of Tientsin claim the rendition of the Student Lo fen-chi. In that Treaty, the word "criminals" is used. In the letter of H.B.M's Consul at Canton, Lo fên-chi is charged with having committed a contravention of the Regulations for the conduct of Public Examinations and of breaking arrest & under...