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reasonably be taken into consideration in matters such as that
now in question.
458
As Mr. Harcourt is aware, a different position from this
is taken by some other Governments, notably the United States of
America, and, as a result, (more particularly on account of the
necessity of employing a private firm of detectives, employing
Counsel at every stage in the Courts, and of paying for the
services of all the United States officials conuerned and even fer
the cost of the prisoner's maintenance) the cest of extradition
from the United States is often inordinately great,Such a state of
affairs appears to Mr. McKenna te be contrary to the principles
above mentioned, and, as a matter of fact, remonstrances have been,
addressed to the United States Government, on that ground, though
without avail.
As regards the particular question of costs for legal mid,
the correspondence enclosed with your letter relates to (a) the
proceedings before a magistrate prior to the prisoner's semmittal
for surrender, and (2) proceedings arising out of an application
for a writ of Habeas Cérpus, after committal. The procedure
in this country is described in memoranda by the Chief Magistrate
and the Director of Public Prosecutions which were forwarded to
your Department on the 9th January, 1912.
Briefly, the offsot
is that legal aid is rarely necessary to support the application
before the Magistrate, whether the accused person empleya a
soliciter er not: but, where it is considered advisable,
Directer of Public Prosecutions takes up and prepares the case,
employing counsel if necessary, and this is done without any
claim for reimbursement being made to the demanding Government. In French cases a legal representative of the French Government
generally attends before the Magistrats, a praction which is entirely voluntary on the part of the French Government and the
cost of which naturally falls on them. As regards proceedings in
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