is not allowed to produce cidence.
in support of
less is
a
his in
nocence and much
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third party permitted to do so, All that it is competent to the fugitive criminal to do is to plead mistaken. identity, that the offence laid to his
Charge is not one of those named in
the Treaty, Character.
02
that it is of a political
Acting, therefore, on renewed instructions received from my Goo! I have the ponour to request that the 11 fugitives may be handed over to the Chinese :ituthorities for trial, or in the event of Her chagisty's Govt continuing to maintain the competency of the Governor of Hongkong to sit in judgment
on cases of criminal extradition & Co
try them in the absence of a represen- tative of the Sout concerned in them, I am to beg that your Lordshich will
be
be so good as to furnish me
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Ive her
in tha
Copy
of the Proccedings of the Council Meeting Br. Raymondi
at which the cordence
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was taken & the proops of guilt tendered by the Chinese Govt declared to be insufficient to justify
a belief in the probable guilt of prisoners.
the
The Chinese Ace thouities having at the request of It. M. Govt. consented 1st To give a guaranter for the treatment of prisoners Surrendered by the Hong Kong Authorities.
2nd Having
and Chan. a.
H. ll. Consul
as in the case of Wang Keem on
Kit consented to allow
to be present at the
trial
of
the 11 fugitives, it was thought that they had at last arrived at such
an understanding with H.all. Sov!. would have ensured to
a.0
them
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