CO129-191 - Public Offices & Others - 1880 — Page 264

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Has it been ascertained that the report of the case is untrue; or are we asked to assume its truthfulness because ... lock ... to ... a promise to usually $2 invariably exactly thing either in the time of exacted? There the report on the general character of the newspaper cited to excite suspicion of its sincerity.

It is asked, do you contend that we ought never to surrender accused criminals to the Chinese? I answer without hesitation, Never.

Why are accused persons surrendered to foreign governments? Do they serve the ends of justice? But how are those ends served when torture is used as an instrument of investigation? Torture fails to extort a confession from a culprit strong enough to withstand its pain, but it is sure to bring from a man who is not strong enough to withstand it, the arrival of a ... which he is ... to a crime ... quiltless. To deliver him to such a trial is strictly to devote him to horrible suffering which, whether his physical forces of endurance or mental fortitude, a further ... to certain punishment, be he guilty or innocent, if he has not been endowed with ...

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260 Has it been ascertained that the report of the case is untrue; or are we asked to assume its truthfulness because ... lock ... to ... a promise to usually $2 invariably exactly thing either in the time of exacted? There the report on the general character of the newspaper cited to excite suspicion of its sincerity. It is asked, do you contend that we ought never to surrender accused criminals to the Chinese? I answer without hesitation, Never. Why are accused persons surrendered to foreign governments? Do they serve the ends of justice? But how are those ends served when torture is used as an instrument of investigation? Torture fails to extort a confession from a culprit strong enough to withstand its pain, but it is sure to bring from a man who is not strong enough to withstand it, the arrival of a ... which he is ... to a crime ... quiltless. To deliver him to such a trial is strictly to devote him to horrible suffering which, whether his physical forces of endurance or mental fortitude, a further ... to certain punishment, be he guilty or innocent, if he has not been endowed with ...
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260 Aus it been ascertained that the report of the case is unhue; or are weached to accume its tentu Alefulnes becau ausa lock to sa a promise to usually $2 invariably reably exac thing either in the tome of exacted? There the report on the general character. of the rewspaper cited to excite to à suspicion of its a ofito of its sincerity. It is asked do you conteud lit never to surrender that we ought accused criminals to the Chiness? Janswer without healation heves Why are accused persons Surrendered to foreign gort Do serve the ends of fratice But how are those ends served when lature torture is used as au in skument of invectigation ? Inture fails to extort a confession from a culpis Shong enough to withstand its bot it is sure to uring from a touring a Mau who is not strong enough to withstand it, the aurival of a which he is h bo a In a crime quiltless. To delive. to suck trial is strickly to devote him to horrible suffering which that his physical porces of endurance or mental fatitude, a further thee to certain punishment be he guilty of innocentis he has not been endowed with the
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