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should be rendered as
and as little liable to
simple
miscarriage as possible. ofgainst such facility however is our distrust of
the
Chinese demands and our
want of confidence in their Judicial system.
25.
cts regards demands
made in the past, & do not
think that
any
one
has
now
any doubt that the great- majority of those to whom they have referred
were
really
Criminals
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criminals. For years past-
there has not been
any
well-
founded suspicion that fugitives whose extradition - has been demanded were
them
charged with one crime with the object of punishing
another, or for a merely -
for
-political offence. From what
learn, nearly all
Can
Men
all were
habitually addicted to crime of a very deep dye, who had, in fact,
made
a
profession of piracy and _
murderous.