CO129-082 - Sir Robinson - 1861 [8-12] — Page 409

6.

Article 21 Treaty of Peking

from his letter, whether the clause in the Treaty of Peking stipulating only for the rendition to this. of "Criminals, subjects of China,

ores not withdraw

from

Government the right of

delivering any Criminals.

this

other class of

6. The question, therefore,

"/

the Crown

ofor the Law Officers of to consider is, whether the

Government of

this Colony has

the right to surrender to the Chinese Government the Subjects of non-treaty Powers who have

committed Crimes within the

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China and who

have taken refuge in trusting.

7.

If it be decided that such right exists, then I. have Grace's instructions

to ask

your

as to the course to be pursued in the case now reported.

8.

My

own opinion is that considering the atrocity of the ease and the necessity of

showing that crimes

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such a

native cannot be committed

with impunity - Paston should

be

given up,

Care

being taken

at the same time to stipulate