CO129-233 - Acting Governor Cameron - 1887 [6-8] — Page 154

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a long

British Minister at Pekin Communication in which they set forth in strong terms

the

delays that had taken place, and

the great expense and trouble which the Chinese Government had been put to in order to obtain the rendition

of Chi.

The cause of this delay was partly due to the advice of their legal adviser, part was caused by many postponements granted at the request of one or other of the Solicitors engaged in the case, and part was necessitated by the amount of proof which was then considered requisite before granting rendition.

The decision of the Governor in Council in the first instance was reported to the Secretary of State. Chang Che was referred to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

In a letter dated the 6th August 1886, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs lays down a rule and says:-

"It is difficult to lay down any precise rule in such a matter, but his Lordship is disposed to think that where the Magistrate has committed the fugitive on evidence which in his opinion constitutes a prima facie case, the extradition should not be refused unless the Governor in Council is satisfied on a review of the evidence that the decision of the Magistrate was either erroneous or without sufficient ground, or that the material evidence against the

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a long British Minister at Pekin Communication in which they set forth in strong terms the delays that had taken place, and the great expense and trouble which the Chinese Government had been put to in order to obtain the rendition of Chi. The cause of this delay was partly due to the advice of their legal adviser, part was caused by many postponements granted at the request of one or other of the Solicitors engaged in the case, and part was necessitated by the amount of proof which was then considered requisite before granting rendition. The decision of the Governor in Council in the first instance was reported to the Secretary of State. Chang Che was referred to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. In a letter dated the 6th August 1886, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs lays down a rule and says:- "It is difficult to lay down any precise rule in such a matter, but his Lordship is disposed to think that where the Magistrate has committed the fugitive on evidence which in his opinion constitutes a prima facie case, the extradition should not be refused unless the Governor in Council is satisfied on a review of the evidence that the decision of the Magistrate was either erroneous or without sufficient ground, or that the material evidence against the
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4.

a long

British Minister at Pekin Communication in which they set forth in strong tews

the

delays place, and

which had taken

the

great expense and trouble which the Chinese Government had been put to in order to obtain the rendition

Chi.

of change of this delay

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was due to the

was caued

legal adviser, part

marry postponement

granted at the request of one

or

other of the Soliciton engaged

in the case, and

part was

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granting

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application for

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of

The decision of the Governor in Council in the first

reported to the Secretary

Chang Che

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150

referred to

Secretary of State.

This dispatch the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

In

a letter dated the 6 august: Laugust 1886. the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs lays down a

meio rule and says:-

"It is difficult to lay dorow any precise rule in such a matter, but his Lordship, ' disposed to think that where " the Magistrate has committed "the fugitive

on evidence which " in his opinion constitutes a prima facie - should not be refused

case, the extradition

unless

the Governor in Council is

" satisfied

Ozz

a review of the

: evidence that the decision of

the Magistrate "eicher

Ort

the

wav errorre ords

ground () that

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against the

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