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trist, chewn clearly that no Extradition Treaty is in existence between Eugland

and bleiwa, we would respectfully urge that if there is extradition from this botomy to blina, which is extremely doubtful, the whole of the law that

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governs it is contamed in other two donghong ordinance above- referred to, 2 of 1850 med 2 of 1871; but before asking Di brallency to read these ordinances in the and the only way sve

embrist in which they properly read and construed, we would ask him. to allow us to call attention to the by Mr. Wodehouse when

giong committing Lorny afre to gaol,

Attorney General

the

Care

referred to his decision and

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the case of

of Hongkong v. Book a ding, which was decided in the Privy Connect Supreme bont of the botony. As far

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to concerned we would respectfully entrit that th arly point decided by the Irivy Cancil in that only cave was that the lehinese authorities could not clame the rendition of a preewn they accused of firacy the high pear (piracy jure gentium),

offence triable and punishable within this beolony. One other important point that raised by her. I. I. Francis who was at that time the attorney for

Book

a sing,

that the ormance 2 41850 was a dead letter, as all treaties made previously to the passing of

the Ordinance had been abrogated or fut and to by the war betwan England

betwan England and klima in 1857,

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and the Francis argued that the Ordinance could ant be considered to be revived on to apply to the cases where reuchition claimed under the treaty of

Siento in negotiated after the

war. The question of

what

what was a prima facie ease or cance' was not raised

what

was

argued, and there

binding judicial decision as to what was

to justify the tragistrate in saying that Jucie

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enfficient prima

ease had been made out, or that the words.

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committed such crime or

offence

Their

"probable cause' for believing that the surd person has

are the legal equivalent of the words on proof of

guilt contained in Ordinance 2 of 1871, the latter Ordinance not affecting the decision of the Privy Council as it was passed after tur. Francis' objection had been raised; but Lord dustice thellish, who delivered the judgment, stated while the appeal

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being argued that he impression that

brown bolony has not jurisdiction to make such a law as Ordinana 2 1871. As the privy Council decided that ficracy Extradition crime, it jure gentium became munecessary to decide whether Ordmance 2 of 1850 was in force, and nothing is ouid about it in the Judgment. With reference to the Tientsin dreaty which

as we have above prointed out,

Extraction Treaty between England and bling in the Ordinary sense of the words, we would call the attenture of dise Execloney to the fact that there are two Artedes, o No. 21 and 23, which refer to the criminal and civil jurisdiction of the banks in Boughong, over Chinese Subjects, and

point tthes out as showing that it

showing that it was considered

the law of necessary in dealing with clima, women exterritorially is in force to Europeans, to insert clances which are not to be found, as far

Treaties in existence between civilized States. These

bhincoe two articles specially provide that in case of

criminal

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