New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-28
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER g. 1871

!. Murder, compromising assassination
paricide, infanticide and poisoning.
3. The crimes of rape, arson, piracy an
mutiny on board a ship. whenever the cre'
or part thereof, by fraud or violence agains
the commander, have taken possession {
the vessel.
3. The crime of burglary, defined to b
the action of breaking and entering b
night into the house Of another with tn
intent to commit felony and the crime O
robbery, defined to be the action of felonfOus
~ and forcibly taking from the person of ar
other goods or money, by violence or put
ting him in fear.
4. The crime of forgery, by which is IN
derstood the utterance Of forged papers, tn
cOunterfeiting of public, sovereign, or gov
eminent acts.
| 5. The fabrication or circulation of cOun
| terfeit money, either coin or paper, of pub
lie bonds. bank notes, and obligations, and
| in general, of all titles of instruments o
credit, the counterteiting of seals, dies
stamps, and marks Of State and public ad
illustrations, and the utterance thereof.
! u. The embeZzlement of public moneys
committed within the jurisdiction of either
party, by public officers or depOsitOrs.
I. Embezzlement by any person or per
sons hired or salaried, to the detriment o
their employers, when these crimes are sub
Jected to infamous punishment.
ARTICLE III.
The provisions of this treaty shall not ap
ply to any crime or otfense of a political
character, and the person or persons deliv
cred up Tor the crimes enumerated in the
preceding article shall in no case be tried
tor any ordinary crime, committed pre-
viousiy to that for which his or their surren
der is asked.
ARTICLE ".
If the person, whose surrender NAV be
claimed pursuant to the stipulations of the
present treaty, shall have been arrested for
the commission Of offences in the country
where he has sought an asylum, or shall
ton may be deferred until he shall have
been acquitted, or have served the term of
Imprisonment to which he may have been
sentenced.
acquisitions for the surrender of fugi-
tlves from justice shall be made by the re-
spectlve diplomatic agents of the contract
ing parties, or, in the event OF the absence
OF these from the country or its seat of GOV
eminent, they may be made BY superior
consular officers. If the person whose ex-
tradition may be asked for shall have been
convicted OF crime, a copy of the sentence
OF the court in which he may have been
convicted, authenticated under its seal. and
an attestatiOn of the official character of
the Judge by the proper executive authority,
and OF the latter by the minister or consul
OF the United States or of Nicaragua, re-
specuvely, shall accompany the requisition.
When, however, the fugitive shall have
been merely charged with crime, a duly
authenticated copy of the warrant for his
arrest IN the country where the crime NAV
nave been committed, and of the depOsi-
tons upon which such warrants may have
Deen Issued, must accompany the requisi-
ton as aforesaid. The President of the
United States. or the proper executive au-
thorty IN Nicaragua, may then issue a war
rant for the apprehension of the fugitive.
III order that he may be brought before the
proper judicial authority for examining the
question of extraditiOn. If it should then
be decided that, according to law and evil
dence, the extradition is due pursuant to
this treaty. the fugitive may be given up
according to the forms prescribed in such
cases.
ARTICLE VI.
The expenses of the arrest detention.
anu transportation OF the persons claimed
shall be paid by the government in whose
name the requisition shall have been made.
ARTICLE VII.
This convention shall continue in force
turing five ~ years from the day of ex-
;hange OF Publications, but if neither party
shall have given to the other six f6) months |
previous notice OF its intention to terminate
he same, the convention shall remain in
orce five (o) years longer, and so on
The present convention shall be ratified |
md the Publications exchanged at the capi- |
tai OF Nicaragua. or any other place TEN
'orarily occupied by the Nicaraguan gov
within twelve l2) months, or
ooner, if possible.
In witness whereof the respective Pleni
'otentiaries have signed the present CON
ent1on in duplicate, and have th.reunto
fixed their seals.
Done at the city Of Manasua. capital of
he Republic of Nicaragua. the twenty
fth day OF June. one thousand eight hun
red and seventy, of the Independence of
he Elted States the ninety fourth and of
ne Independence of Nicaragua the fifty
inth.
CHARLES n RIOTTE.
TOMAS AVON.
And whereas said convention a. amended
as been duly ratified on both parts. and
ne respective Publications of the same were
Schanged at Managua, on the twenty
'urth day of June last, by Charles n.
iOtte, Minister Resident of'th United
tates. and }. ID. Rodriguez, Member of the
hamber OF Deputies of Nicaragua. on the
art OF their respective governments:
Now, therefore, be it known that I,
lysses ). Grant. President of the United
ates OF America. have caused the said
invention to be made public, to the end
lat the same, and every clause and article
ereof, may be observed and fulfilled with
'od faith by the United States and the citi-
ns thereof
In witness whereof. l have hereunto set
Y hand, and caused the seal Of the United
ates to be affixed
Done at the city of Washington this
neteenth day of September in the wear of
lr Lord one thousand eight hundred and
venty -ene and of the Independence of the
nlted States the ninetysixth.
U. S. GRANT.
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
invention between the general postof,ice
OF the United States of America and the
general postOffice of the United Kingdom :
of Great Britain and Ireland. I
The general postoffce of the United
ates OF America and the general postotlice
the United Kingdom Of Great Britain
d Ireland, being DESTROYS OF establishing
exchange OF money orders between the q
o countries, the undersigned, duly :
thorized for that purpose, have agreed !
on the following articles =
ARTICLE I. a
There shall be a regular exchange of i
'ney orders between the two countries r
e maximum of each order is fixed at ten s
nnds sterling, when issued in the United 5
ngdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and n
zen issued in the United States, at fifty e
liars in the national paper currency Of 8
, latter country. d
ARTICLE II.