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109. Meaning of "Territories"

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The Treaties 29 AUC 07 ·

of the United States generally provide for the sur-

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render of persons who, having committed an offence within the jurisdiction of one of the contracting parties, shall be found within the territories of

the other. It has been held that the ministers and

consuls of the United States in countries where they

exercise criminal jurisdiction, are not authorized

to deliver up fugitives from justice under the ex- tradition treaties of the United States. This ques-

tion arose in China, in 1874, in the case of one Jackson, an American citizen, who committed cortain crimes in Hong Kong and fled to Shanghai. Upon the request of the authorities of the former place, Jackson was arrested at Shanghai, by the police of the Municipality, and committed to prison, as a British subject. After his arrest he claimed to be an American citizen, and appealed to George

F. Seward, United States Consul-General at Shanghai, for protection. Mr. Seward, after examining the claim, asked that Jackson be delivered into his custody, and at the same time requested the Super-

intendont