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Mr Russell'ó Memorandum Attorney several's Notes draft Ordinance 2 of 1850 have to be repeated. and Rof180/1 and I fear the provision referred the Chinese Authorities will to as being omitted complain that the

from the bill has,

-procedure.

-n aur pu

by

506

Mr. Russell's Memorandum

Attorney General's Notes .

-evidence and the charged with unlawful Chinese Authorities possession of property which have then been informed turned out to be plunder

29

that the

men could not

& from.

a

house on the

believe been the cause.

considerably the means of of more diceatisfaction !

ring Chinese refingers for on the part of the

it will be seen on

to the

reference Chinese than

!

existing that if Chinese.

ordinances

are in

I

any

other in the other in the weisting

ordinance : It has

custody for any offence and encouraged

it turns out in the course.

the enquiry

J

the

Authorities here to

that they are invite the Chinese to fugitive criminals they may apply for the rendition

be detained or if it transpired of suspected, but only are in the Colony enspected criminal

that offenders

the Magistrale may order - fugitives. The (hinke

their arrest. Such

not unfrequent

are asting

cases are

and

on euch.

I invitation have

understand that six applied accordingly,

and then it has been

prisoner.

to now under commitment on a rendition found impossible to -warrant were originally confirm the suspicion

charged.

by

be giver up. I do not mainland and that the see that the omission prisoners have been identified of the provision renden as the robbers.

the bill in

any degree less effective for the particular purpose

the of enabling Government to out its Treaty obligations with regard

extradition.

to

carny

13.

It is clearly for

Colony

Armay possibly the interest of this Flory

be for the

the interest of the ewithout,

1 regard to our Colony without regard obligations to China, to re

to our obligations to that every refugee criminal

China to see that ~ should be surrendered. They

...

every refugee criminal will pusove their criminal should be eurendered career here if left alone,

though

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