Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-23
A PROCLAMATION,

Whereas q convention between tho
United Stated of America and His MAI.
esty the King of the Delgisns was con-
cluded and signed by their respective
Plenipotentaries at Warrington on the
10Th day Of March last, which conven-
tion being In the English and French
languageS, is word for word ~ follows;
The United States of America and His
Majesty the King Of tho Belgians, having
judged It expedient with view to the
better administsAtion Of justice, and to
the prevention Of crimes within their
respective territories and Jurisdiction,
that persons convicted Of or charged with
the crimes hereinafter Gpeciaed, and be.
ing fugitives from justice. should. under
certain circumstances, be reciprocally
delivered up, have resolved. TO conclude
convention for that purpose, and have
appointed as their Plenipotentaries: the
President of the United States of Ameri.
ca, Hamilton Fish. Secretary Of State Of
the United States; and His Majesty the
King Of the Belgians, Maurice Delfosse,
His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Fenip0tentary in the United
States who, after reciprocal communica-
ton OF their full powers, found in good
and due form, have agreed upon the fol.
lowing articles to wit:
Article I. ;.
The Government of the United States
and the Governments of Belgium mutu-
ally agree to deliver up persons who,
having been convicted of or charged
with any of the crimes specified In the
following article, committed within the
jurisdictlon Of one of the contracting
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within the territories of the other: Pro.
vided that this shall only be done upon
such evidence Of criminality 40, acc0r.
ding to the, laws Of the plsce: where tho
fugitive or petson 60 charged shall be
found, would Justify his or her apprehen-
sion and commitment for trial -if the
crime had been there committed.
Article 3.
Persons shall be delivered up who
shall have been convicted Of or be
charged, according to the provisions OF
this convention. with any Of the follow.
ing crimes:
I. Murder, compreheuding the crimes
designated In the Belgian penal code by
the terms of parracid0, assassination, poi
soning. and infanticide.
q. The attempt to commit murder.
8. The orimes Of rape, arson, piracy
and mrtiuy on board = ship, whenever
tho erEw or part thereof, by fraud or vol.
lence against tho commander, have taken
possession of the vessel. ~
1. Tho crime Of burgalry, defined to bs
the act OF breaking and entering by night
into the house of another with the intent
to commit felony; and the crime Of rob
berry, denped to be the act Of felopiously
and forcibly taking from the person Of
another, goods or money by violence, OF
putting him In fear; and the correspon.
ding crimes punished by tho Belgian
laws under. the description of thefta
committed in an inhabited house by
night, and by breaking In by climbing
or forcibly, and thefts committed with
violence or by means Of theft.
g.. The crime Of forgery by which Is
understood the utterance Of forged pa
pers. and also the counterfeiting Of pub
lie, sovereign, or government acts.
9. The fabrication or circulation 0l
counterfeit money, either coin or paper
or Of counterfeit. public bonds, bank
notes, obligations, or, In general, any.
thing being title or instrument Of credit
the counterfeiing of seals, dies, stamps
and marks Of state and public i'd
manifestations, and the utterance thereof
Z. The embezzlement of public mon.
eye committed within the jurisdiction ot
either party BY public officers or deposi'
taries.
6! Embczzlement by any person OF
persona, hired or salaried, to the detri.
ment OF their employers, when the crime
is subject to punishment by the lave ol
the place where Il wss committed.
Article s,
T.: The provisions of this treaty shall moi
apply to any crime or offence of q politi
cal character, nor to any crime or Of
fence committed prior to the date of this
treaty, except the crimes Of murder and
arson; and the person or persons deliv'
sred up Tor the crimes enumerated In the
preceding article, shall in no case b<
y to thet for which his or their surrend.
er 10 asked. :.
Article Nv.
Neither of the contracting parties
| shall be bound 70 deliver up its own citi
zens or subjects under the stipulations 0l
this convention.
Article W
If the person whose surrender may be
claimed pursuant to the stipulations oi
the present treaty shall have been arrest
ed for the commission of offences in the
country whsrs he has sought an asylum
or shall have been convicted thereof, hi
ektradition may be deferred until ht
shall have been acquitted, or have served
the term Of imprisonment to which hi
may have been sentenced.
Article vi.
Regulations for the surrender Of fugi
ltives from Justice shall be made by the
respective diplomatic agents of the con
tracting parties, Ur, 1. tho event Of thl
absence Of these from the country or itl
seat of govcrnment,t they may be n4ada
by superior consular officers.
If the person whose lextrRditi0n MAJ
be asked for shall have been convicted ol
. crime, copy of the sentence1 Of thl
court in which he may have been con
victed, authenticated under its seal, and
IN attestation Of the onicial character O
the Judge by the proper executive au
thofity, and of the latter by the miuiste,
or consul of the United States or of Bel
gium, respectively, shall accompany. tn,
requisition. When, however, tie fugi
tive shall have merely charged witt
crime, duly authenticated copy Of tn
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