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320

No. 7 of 1889.

CHINESE EXTRADITION.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

LIST OF EXTRADITION CRIMES.

[8. 2.]

1. Murder and attempt to murder.

2. Manslaughter.

3. Malicious wounding.

4. Counterfeiting or altering money, or uttering or bringing into circulation counterfeit or altered money.

5. Forgery, or counterfeiting, or altering, or uttering what is forged, or counterfeited, or altered, comprehending the crimes designated in the laws of the Colony as counterfeiting or falsification of paper money, bank notes, or other securities, forgery or other falsification of other public or private documents, likewise the uttering, or bringing into circulation, or wilfully using such counterfeited, forged, or falsified papers.

6. Embezzlement or larceny.

7. Receiving stolen goods.

8. Obtaining money or goods by false pretences.

9. Crimes against bankruptcy law.

10. Fraud committed by a bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee, or director, or member or public officer of any company, made criminal by any law for the time being in force.

11. Rape.

12. Abduction.

13. Child-stealing.

14. Kidnapping.

15. False imprisonment.

16. Burglary or housebreaking.

17. Arson.

18. Robbery with violence.

19. Threats by letter or otherwise with intent to extort.

20. Piracy, whether by the law of nations or by municipal law.

21. Sinking or destroying a vessel at sea, or attempting to do so.

22. Assault on board a ship on the high seas, with intent to destroy life or to do grievous bodily harm.

23. Revolt, or conspiracy to revolt, by two or more persons on board a ship on the high seas, against the authority of the master.

24. Perjury or subornation of perjury.

25. Malicious injury to property, if the offence is indictable.

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320 No. 7 of 1889. CHINESE EXTRADITION. FIRST SCHEDULE. LIST OF EXTRADITION CRIMES. [8. 2.] 1. Murder and attempt to murder. 2. Manslaughter. 3. Malicious wounding. 4. Counterfeiting or altering money, or uttering or bringing into circulation counterfeit or altered money. 5. Forgery, or counterfeiting, or altering, or uttering what is forged, or counterfeited, or altered, comprehending the crimes designated in the laws of the Colony as counterfeiting or falsification of paper money, bank notes, or other securities, forgery or other falsification of other public or private documents, likewise the uttering, or bringing into circulation, or wilfully using such counterfeited, forged, or falsified papers. 6. Embezzlement or larceny. 7. Receiving stolen goods. 8. Obtaining money or goods by false pretences. 9. Crimes against bankruptcy law. 10. Fraud committed by a bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee, or director, or member or public officer of any company, made criminal by any law for the time being in force. 11. Rape. 12. Abduction. 13. Child-stealing. 14. Kidnapping. 15. False imprisonment. 16. Burglary or housebreaking. 17. Arson. 18. Robbery with violence. 19. Threats by letter or otherwise with intent to extort. 20. Piracy, whether by the law of nations or by municipal law. 21. Sinking or destroying a vessel at sea, or attempting to do so. 22. Assault on board a ship on the high seas, with intent to destroy life or to do grievous bodily harm. 23. Revolt, or conspiracy to revolt, by two or more persons on board a ship on the high seas, against the authority of the master. 24. Perjury or subornation of perjury. 25. Malicious injury to property, if the offence is indictable. 11
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320 No. 7 of 1889. CHINESE EXTRADITION. FIRST SCHEDULE. LIST OF EXTRADITION CRIMES. [8. 2.] 1. Murder and attempt to murder. 2. Manslaughter. 3. Malicious wounding. 4. Counterfeiting or altering money, or uttering or bringing into circulation counterfeit or altered money. 5. Forgery, or counterfeiting, or altering, or uttering what is forged, or counterfeited, or altered, comprehending the crimes designated in the laws of the Colony as counterfeiting or falsification of paper money, bank notes, or other securities, forgery or other falsification of other public or private documents, likewise the uttering, or bringing into circulation, or wilfully, using such counter- feited, forged, or falsified papers. 6. Embezzlement or larceny. 7 Receiving stolen goods. 8. Obtaining money or goods by false pretences. 9. Crimes against bankruptcy law. 10. Fraud committed by a bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee, or director, or member or public officer of any company, made criminal by any law for the time being in force. 11. Rape. 12. Abduction. 13. Child-stealing. 14. Kidnapping. 15. False imprisonment. 16. Burglary or housebreaking. 17. Arson. 18. Robbery with violence. 19. Threats by letter or otherwise with intent to extort. 20. Piracy, whether by the law of nations or by municipal law. 21. Sinking or destroying a vessel at sea, or attempting to do so. 22. Assault on board a ship on the high seas, with intent to destroy life or to do grievous bodily harm. 23. Revolt, or conspiracy to revolt, by two or more persons on board a ship on the high seas, against the authority of the master. 24. Perjury or subornation of perjury. 25. Malicious injury to property, if the offence is indictable. 11
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320

No. 7 of 1889.

CHINESE EXTRADITION.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

LIST OF EXTRADITION CRIMES.

[8. 2.]

1. Murder and attempt to murder.

2. Manslaughter.

3. Malicious wounding.

4. Counterfeiting or altering money, or uttering or bringing into circulation counterfeit or altered money.

5. Forgery, or counterfeiting, or altering, or uttering what is forged, or counterfeited, or altered, comprehending the crimes designated in the laws of the Colony as counterfeiting or falsification of paper money, bank notes, or other securities, forgery or other falsification of other public or private documents, likewise the uttering, or bringing into circulation, or wilfully, using such counter- feited, forged, or falsified papers.

6. Embezzlement or larceny.

7 Receiving stolen goods.

8. Obtaining money or goods by false pretences.

9. Crimes against bankruptcy law.

10. Fraud committed by a bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee, or director, or member or public officer of any company, made criminal by any law for the time being in force.

11. Rape.

12. Abduction.

13. Child-stealing.

14. Kidnapping.

15. False imprisonment.

16. Burglary or housebreaking.

17. Arson.

18. Robbery with violence.

19. Threats by letter or otherwise with intent to extort. 20. Piracy, whether by the law of nations or by municipal law. 21. Sinking or destroying a vessel at sea, or attempting to do so. 22. Assault on board a ship on the high seas, with intent to destroy life or to do grievous bodily harm.

23. Revolt, or conspiracy to revolt, by two or more persons on board a ship on the high seas, against the authority of the

master.

24. Perjury or subornation of perjury.

25. Malicious injury to property, if the offence is indictable.

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