CO129-082 - Sir Robinson - 1861 [8-12] — Page 457

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as

force in the angument, that adw

the

question of the rendition criminals has been made the

of

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subject of treaty regulations between Great Britain and China; in which "Chinese subjects alone are mentioned it must be assumed that the contracting parties fully expressed their meaning, and that

the case

Crimes

the

rec

of foreig

in

nerd comm

milling

China and retreating

to Hongkong

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an ~

omission either intentional or

accidental, which can.

n only be supplied by additional treaty regulations followed up by - Local (in the absence of.

(

Imperial) Legislation. I entertained

great

doubt

an

the point; but

on

the whole considering that the. Criminal applied for

was an alien;

who had not come within the Queen's Dominions for the purpose. of abiding there, but merely in furtherance of the unlawful act -- charged; that he

acting

had

аб

supercange of a French Ship, and right to be considered' Critish subject, and, as such; entitled to the privilege, conferred

tried by

a.

al

by treaty, of being tried Poritish tribunal for offences- committed in China. I decided

that in accordance with the