His Excellency, but we const swapprehend the position

might

he holds with reference to the extradition of pervono claimed from the Government of this belony by the Government of blime if we did not place the following explanation before hims and point out that he is not bound to hand over prisoner to the Chinese authorities because a prima facie case has been found against him, Before; therefor we addres ourselves in

any way to ith merito of the cave in which our client was the third

it's third privoner;

Ave

the

purpose to draw ith orttention of His Excellency to

what

humbly

conceive to be the stati

and we

ith Law

with reference to the rendiation of people from this leolony to the neighbouring Eufine; that should Edis Excellency. on statementő

are w

wently of

attention he would us in

feet convinced come to the condueion that even the

any

very slighest event allow Lessig uden

to be transmitted to any of the Chinese Authorités until the whole question had been referred to Oder tuajesty's Government in

England.

For the Im pose of enabling des Excellency to we ask him to put the constriction

understand why

we claim that he shouter.

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upon

of 1850 and 2 of 1871, we

that there is no

lo sina, that is to

to day

there is

the two local Ordiriances.

must first of all point out is no Extradition Treaty between England

Extraction Treaty in the pense in which these words are used in beglich low books. In treatis made for the by tradition of alleged criminals between European Governments provising is made in emme instances

for

ith non renditia

urendition of persons who belong to the state from which then rendition is claimed. For instance, France refuses to give up to the Engie! inthorities for trial Frenchmen, who having comanitted

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85

crimes in England, have sought refuge in France, but

in almost all, if soot in all, cases

the

or

provision is made that claimed chall not be tried for political crimes

before

the crime

for

which

person for other crimes committed. rendition is clanned. Provision is likewise made for

insertedt

ith now rendition, where, according to the law of the State from which rendition is claimed, the time for -prosecuting ith particular offence alleged has terminated and other provisions are cometimes

for

the return of the accused to the country from which he is claimed and for the admission of depositions taken before the authorities

of

The country making the claim. No Rendation Treaty containing or similar provisions exists between England

therefore, any

law bethe containing the law baved upon

These

China, statements

of

Treaties of this noture

with

referenice

become to a great extent worthless when considonny the action dis Excellency

purone

should

to rendition from the Colony to blime. To alluchrate shortly what we have just pointed out, Franz thutter,

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the

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the Fouth London Railway, fled to the United States Aspion and was given up by them upon a claim for lies rendition made by the English Government: Ed and he fled to bautu instead of New York he could not have been clanned by England under

any

Extradition Treaty with chinos. Iv

converse of

the put

case, if our client in etwis case had bar residing in London instead of in

in Wongking at the time the blinese' official di Loi applied for his arrest, could he have been clanned from England

china under Extradition Treaty? We think where cannot be the slightest doubt that he could not

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