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"Mule on the "be subject. An may therefore ourrender of acoumed that the 00 arr criminals is not at present looked "upon " duty. Every State may refuse to " harbour fugitives if it pleases; but it prefers to receive and protect "them, other States have us senady but "/benter into treaties with it to regulate "the future.

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It seems to be agreed that " extradition should be confined to grave " crimes, such as murder, no "violone, forgery, bbery with and those offenses " which it is the common interest of " all ratioms to suppress "

On Dance's edition of Wheaton's Elements of International Law at page 120 it is laid down : "In the negotiation of treaties stipulating for the extradition of persons accused or convicted of specified crimes, certain " rules are generally followed, and " especially by constitutional government " The principle of these rules is, that "a State should not be bound to grant extradition of its own citizens, or of persons accused or " convicted of political or purely local " crimes, or of slight offences, but "should confine the provision to such acts as are, by common accord, " regarded as grave crimes.

We see that extradition should be granted only for serious Crimes.

In all Extradition Treaties the right of claiming the rendition of the offender has been restricted and the crimes for which extradition is to be granted are set out in these Treaties.

I have carefully gone through the Extradition Treaties which are collected in Kirchener's work on Extradition and I do not find any mention of the crime or offence

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649"Mule on the "be subject. An may therefore ourrender of acoumed that the 00 arr criminals is not at present looked "upon " duty. Every State may refuse to " harbour fugitives if it pleases; but it prefers to receive and protect "them, other States have us senady but "/benter into treaties with it to regulate "the future.absolute internationalIt seems to be agreed that " extradition should be confined to grave " crimes, such as murder, no "violone, forgery, bbery with and those offenses " which it is the common interest of " all ratioms to suppress "On Dance's edition of Wheaton's Elements of International Law at page 120 it is laid down : "In the negotiation of treaties stipulating for the extradition of persons accused or convicted of specified crimes, certain " rules are generally followed, and " especially by constitutional government " The principle of these rules is, that "a State should not be bound to grant extradition of its own citizens, or of persons accused or " convicted of political or purely local " crimes, or of slight offences, but "should confine the provision to such acts as are, by common accord, " regarded as grave crimes.We see that extradition should be granted only for serious Crimes.In all Extradition Treaties the right of claiming the rendition of the offender has been restricted and the crimes for which extradition is to be granted are set out in these Treaties.I have carefully gone through the Extradition Treaties which are collected in Kirchener's work on Extradition and I do not find any mention of the crime or offence
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