CO129-138 - Sir MacDonnell - 1869 [6-7] — Page 443

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Schedule of Crimes and Offences.

As the Ordinance provides in terms for the surrender of fugitive convicts it is unnecessary to add to the Schedule the Offence of Escape!

But there is one point of considerable practical and local importance to which I wish to draw attention:

The crime of Pirateria jure gentium is not within the principle of Extradition Treaties or Acts, being a crime justiciable by the Tribunals of every Nation, but it would be very convenient if the Governor of Hong Kong possessed the power of Extradition in cases where Pirates having been originally captured by or handed...

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13 440 (Copy) Schedule of Crimes and Offences. As the Ordinance provides in terms for the surrender of fugitive convicts it is unnecessary to add to the Schedule the Offence of Escape! But there is one point of considerable practical and local importance to which I wish to draw attention: The crime of Pirateria jure gentium is not within the principle of Extradition Treaties or Acts, being a crime justiciable by the Tribunals of every Nation, but it would be very convenient if the Governor of Hong Kong possessed the power of Extradition in cases where Pirates having been originally captured by or handed...
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13 440 (Copy) Schedule of Crimes and Offences. As the Ordinance provides in terms for the surrender of fugitive convicts it is unnecessary to add to the Sebedule the Offence of Escape! But there is one point of considerable practical and local importance to which Iwish to draw attention: The crime of Timeay juve gentium is not within the principle of Extractition Precities or Acts, being a crime justiciable by the Tribunals of every Nation, but it would be very convenient if the Governor. of Hong Kong possessed the power of Extradition in cases where Pirates howing been originally captured by or handed
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13 440

(Copy)

Schedule of Crimes and Offences.

As the Ordinance provides in terms

for the surrender of fugitive convicts

it

is unnecessary to add to the Sebedule the Offence of Escape!

But there is one

point of considerable

practical and local importance to which

Iwish to draw attention:

The crime of Timeay juve gentium

is not within the principle of Extractition Precities or Acts, being a crime justiciable by the Tribunals of every Nation, but it would be very convenient if the Governor. of Hong Kong possessed the power of Extradition in cases where Pirates howing been originally captured by or handed

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