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China for the purpose of plundering a ship

and rela

at sew

returning with their

plounder again to China

which the Privy Council in

the same.

bc.

arv

judgment held to offences within the..

Ordinances.

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Murder on board

ar

British

ships within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty, which is

offences against the

law of England

as v

Municipal law

and

ble in

cognisable

the

Jefreme

Court of this Colony : but the Murder having beens

committed within the territorial

Ho they could

be bruid for furisdiction

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China, the

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Criminals are also amenable

to the Chinese Authorities as

offenders against the Municipal law of China

The Acting Viceroy of

Canton has persistently claimed the rendition

of these

mew under

the provisions of the treaty. This

brings

us to the first question viz : -

Resuming the evidences to be

sufficient. Do the terms

Article XXI

of the

Tientsin

of the Treaty of Fren

give to the Chinese an absolute

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(

whom both

right to the rendition (if demanded of briminals Countries possess

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