Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-05


eame having been found in good and due
form, have agreed upon the following ar
ticles, viz: i
ARTICLE LIST.
The Government Of the United States
and the Government of Ecuador mutually
agree to deliver up such persons as may
have been convicted Of or may be accus-
ed of the crimes set forth in the following
article, committed within the jurisdic-
ton of one Of the contracting parties, and
who may have sought refuge or be found
within the territory of the other; it being
understood this is only to be done when
the criminality shall be proved in such
manner that according to the laws Of the
country where the fugitavc or accused
may he found, such persons might be law
fully arrested and tried, had the crime
been committed within its jurisdiction.
ARTICLE End.
Persons convicted Of or accused of any
of the following crimes shall be delivered
up, in accordance with the provisions Of
this treaty:
LIST. Murder, including assassination,
parricide, infanticide, and poisoning.
81. The crime OF rape, arson, piracy,
and mut;cv on ship-boar when the crew
or A, mart Thereof, by fraud or violence
against the commanding officer, have ta-
ken possession of the vessel.
Sd, The crime OF burglary, this being
understood as the act of breaking or for
cling an entrance into anothers mouse
with intent to commit any crime and tl,c
crime of robbery, this being defined as
the act of taking from the person Of an0th.
er, goods or money will! criminal intent,
using violence or intimidation.
4th. The crime of forgery, which 10
understood to I've the willful use or circula-
ton offorged papers or public documents:
9Th The fabrication or circulation Of
of public bonds, bankbills and securities,
and in general Of any kind Of titles to or
instruments of credit, the counterfeiting OF
stamps, dies, seals, and marks of the state
and of the administrative authorities, and
the sale or circulation thereof.
Ota. Embezzlement Of public property
committed within the jurisdiction Of eth
er party, by public officers or dcposita
ries.
ARTlCLE3d.
Tic stipulations of this treaty shall no
be applicable TO crimes or offences of .
political character; and the person o.
persons delivered up, charged with tn
crimes specified in tho foregoing article
shall not be prosecuted for any crime
committed previously to that for which
his or their extradition may be asked.
| ARTICLE 4th.
If the person whose cxtradition ma,
have been applied for, in accordance
with the stipulations Of the present treaty
shall have been arrested for offences com
mitted in the country where he ha!
sought refuge, or if he shall have beef
sentenced therefore, his extradition maj
be deferred until his acquital, or the OK
piration of the term for which he shall
have been sentenced.
ARTICLE 9Th.
acquisitions for the extradition of FL
gitives from justice shall be madc by til
respective diplomatic agents of the con
tracing parties, or, in case of the abscnc,
of these from the country or its capital
they may be made by superior consula
officers. If the person whose extraditiol
is asked for shall have been convicted q
a crime, the requisition must he accom-
panied by copy of the sentence of TIN
court that has convicted him, autilcntica
ted under its seal, and an attcstation o
the official character Of the judge VII.
has signed it, made by the proper cxccu
tive authority; also by an authcnticaticl
Of the latter by the Minister or Consul O
the United States or Ecuador, respect
lively. On the contary, however whel
the fugitive is merely charged With criM
a duly authenticated copy Of the warran
for his arrest in the country where th.
crime has been committed, anl Of any ev
idence in writing upon which such wal
rant may have been issued, must accom-
pany the aforesaid requisition TIL
President of the United States, or tn
proper executive authority of Ecuador
may then order the arrest of the fugitive
in order that he may be brought befor
the judicial authority which is compe
tent to examine the question Of cxtradi
ton. If, then, according to the evidence
and the law, it be decided that the extra
dition is in duo conformity with thi
treaty, the fugitive shall be delivered ur
according to the forms prescribed in sucl
cases.
ARTICLE 9th.
The expenses Of the arrest, detention
and transportation Of persons elaine,
shall be paid by the Government in who's
name the requisition shall have bee
made.
ARTICLE It'll.
This treaty shall continue In force 70
ten (1O) years from the day of the c,
change Of notifications; but in case neitt
er party shall have given to the other on
lO years previous notice of its intention
to terminate the same, then this treat
shall continue in force for ten (lO) year
longer, and so on.
The present treaty shall be ratified
and the notifications exchanged in TIL
capital of Ecuador, within two month
from the day on which the session of tn
coming Congress of Ecuador shall termi
nate, which will be in October, 1878.
! In testimony whereof the RESPECTIVE
Plenipotentaries have signed the presen
treaty in duplicate, and have hereunt'
affixed their seals.
Done in the city Of Quito, capital Of tn
Republic Of Ecuador, this twenty. eight
day OF June, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy.two.
RuMsEY WING. Seal
FRANCIsCo JAvIER Leon Seal.
And whereas the said treaty has beel
duly ratified on both parts, and the re
lepectivc notifications were exchanged q