321

In the case

of a criminal

4

states

in his minute

;

His Excellency If the

"

12th inst that

If there be

Compelling

evidence

a

within

to five

7

there is no

legally unresting persons who misinterpret

the milty of crime

Reasoning

with

in the Colony

this

latter chain off

I beg leave respectfully

to state that I find myself

escaping from this colony into

the occupied

territory, "I think would clearly

that the G.O.C

be justified

in performance of

his general duty of preserving

criminal

order

in arresting

& handing him

to the police authorities

of

this

colony, and

that it will

not be

necessary

to

apply to the Chinese authorities

for Extradition

"

unable

to

agree

to

Work

that the position

of a criminal

absconded

within

this Colony

or

it appears

for the

case of crimes

who

has committed

within

military occupation

the

occupation, I am

of

opinion that, the general rule,

to adopt

be

to

follow

the

Cases

from this

Colony differs

this Colony

altogether from the

a

case

the position of within the occupied

is required merely

of living

territory who

for the purpose of

condemning

to

a

crime

committed within

this colony

he

is

to adjudicate, subject,

where it appears advisable,

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