CO129-127 - Public Offices - 1867 — Page 371

Sixy

Agen

W. Kemmond who

pleased further to

that some papers relating to an

of a somewhat sunitar

application

nature made best

year by the French Consul at falle & with were

referred

to the then Law Officers

of Ang:, were inclosed for

が

the 3rd

information

In obedience to G.d's commands we

I'd

have perused & considered the papers

Submitted to

LLV

have the honor to report

That we think that in this case the

right to claim that

American Conant had no right the sailow of the American Vepel, the "Parse."

who had been brought on shore at Honghong

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& detained at the request of the Consud by the Police Authorities of tong,

hd be delivered up to him to be sent to America for trial.

The Exact offence of wh the men were alleged to have been quilty does not clearly

appear

appear from the papers before us

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may

be that they were

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e property.

triable by the fourits at Hongkong for piracy

jure gentiume but if they

were not triable.

for any offence cognizable by those Courto we think that they ought not to have been detained by

the Police & that the claim of the

"

Croul by the Comity of reations to have

the men to detained in rid of his object

a purpose of sending them back, profiris

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motu, to Amcrice to be tried there for sny offence against the sew of that County on they might have committed cannot be

& is not capable of being manitaimed.

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recognised at is

Whether this was a Case within the 6th 73 Viet: c.96 (Extradition Treaty Act with America/ we cannot determine up on the information before

but if it were the Coward did not

that Act in adopt the forms prescribed by

order

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