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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH AUGUST, 1886.
that persons charged with or convieted of the crimes hereinafter enumerated, and being fugitives t justice, should under certain circumstances be reciprocally delivered up; Her Britannic Majesty the President of Ecuador have named as their Plenipotentiaries to conclude a Treaty for this pur that is to say:
"Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Frederick Doug Hamilton, Esquire, her Minister Resident at Ecuador;
"And his Excellency the President of Ecuador, General Cornelio E. Vernaza, Minister of Forei Affairs and of the Interior;
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Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good ✰ due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles :-
"ARTICLE I.
"It is agreed that Her Britannic Majesty's Government and that of Ecuador shall, on requisition made in their name by their respective Diplomatic Agents, deliver up to each other reciprocally an persons who, being accused or convicted of any of the crimes hereinafter specified, committed with the jurisdiction of the requiring Party, shall be found within the territories of the other Party:-
"1. Murder, or attempt or conspiracy to murder.
"2. Manslaughter.
"3.. Counterfeiting or altering money, or uttering counterfeit or altered money.
"4. Forgery, counterfeiting, or altering, or uttering what is forged or counterfeited "5. Embezzlement or larceny.
"6. Obtaining money or goods by false pretences.
"7. Crimes against bankruptcy law.
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"8. Fraud by a bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee, or director, or member or public officer any company made criminal by any law for the time being in force.
"9. Rape.
"10. Abduction.
"11. Child stealing.
"12. Burglary or housebreaking.
tr “13. Arson.
"14. Robbery with violence.
"15. Threats by letter or otherwise with intent to extort.
"16. Piracy by law of nations.
"17. Sinking or destroying a vessel at sea, or attempting or conspiring to do so.
"18. Assaults on board a ship on the high seas with intent to destroy life or to do grievous bodily harm.
"19. Revolt or conspiracy to revolt by two or more persons on board a ship on the high seas against the authority of the captain or master.
"Provided that the surrender shall be made only when, in the case of a person accused, the commis- sion of the crime shall be so established as that the laws of the country where the fugitive or personsc accused shall be found would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial if the crime had been there committed; and, in the case of a person alleged to have been convicted, on such evidence as according to the laws of the country where he is found, would prove that he had been convicted.
"ARTICLE II.
"In the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty, other than the foreign or colonial possessions of Her Majesty, the manner of proceeding shall be as follows:--
"1. In the case of a person accused :---
"The requisition for the surrender shall be made to Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretar of State for Foreign Affairs by some person recognised by the Secretary of State as a Diplomatic Re- presentative of the Republic of Ecuador, accompanied by a warrant or other equivalent judicial document for the arrest of the accused, issued by a Judge or Magistrate duly authorised to takeroogni- zance of the acts charged against him in Ecuador, together with duly authenticated depositions or statements taken on oath before such Judge or Magistrate. clearly setting forth the said acts, and a description of the person claimed, and any particulars which may serve to identify him. The said Secretary of State shall transmit such documents to Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of
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