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go to show that rendition

should not lake place. when jurisdiction is

concurent.

and

zually Because in the present base the prisoners, if

quilly, were pre-

were pre-eminently)

inst the law

offenders against of England

to the

Frath references construction of Lord Kimberley's

- despatch of 16th April 1873 I think that His Lordship

meand

only to give a safe to the Official deputed. by the Chinese to come here

If the

conduct to the

in rendition Cases.

despatch were construed so

ad

to include witnesses and exempt

them from punishment in

our local Courts serious abuses.

For

ie would:

of justice

example

ariso

« Mandarin specially

deputed might suborn Hongkong

witnesses to support.

Could we

possibly)

his

send these

witnesses to be punished by '

A

tribunal out

jurisdiction

∞ mere

on

which

of the

This is

suppository

actually

will be seen.

not

case but

occurred)

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by my letter of the 18th June 1870 where Major Je of Canton suborned