New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-05
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TsEartEs AND CONVENTIONS.

Il RttOCAAMA1kONs
By SEC raEs1DENt OF fHE yxI1Ep STATED
OF AMERICA.
Treat. between the United Sates Of Amer
lea and the Republic Of Perv-Extrsdi-
tion.-Concludea September II, 1870:
1874; ratified by President, April II, 1877;
Ratified by P1esiden: OF Peru, May %.
1874; time for exchange Of Publications
extended June 5, 1873; ratiicatiOns ex
changed at Lime. May g. 1874: pro-
claimed July q. 1879.
The time originally fixed for the exchange
Of the yatihcations having unavOidably
elapsed. was extended. By = formal agree
,pent Of the parties, 20 November 9. 1874,
within which time cha: ceremony took place
in the usual form.
Whereas. q treaty tor the exsrsdi,ior Of
criminals, fugitives from justice. between
the United States Of America and the Re
public of Peru, vas concluded and signed
by their respective plenipOtentiaries at
Lima, ON. <he twelfth day of September,
eighteen hundred and seventy, The original
of which treaty, being in the English and
Spanish lahgVa:ess IS. word tor wogd. as
follows:
Extradision treaty between tho United
States ct America and sks Republic Of
Peru.
The United States of Ame>,ca and che Ee.
public Of Peru, having judged it expedisnt,
with . view to the better administration OF
justice Gn6 the prevention OF crime
within their respective territories and
Jurisdictions, that persons charged
with the crimes hereinafter enumerated
should, under certain circumstances, be re-
ciprOcally delivered up. have resolved to
conclude . treaty fer this purpose, and
have named astheiy respective plenipoten-
siaries, that is to say, the President of the
United States Of America has appointed
Alvin p. Hovey, envoy extraordinary and
minister plenlpOtentiary Of the United
States Of America near the government Of
the Republic of Peru, and the President of
Peru has appointed his excellency Doctor
jose j.; LOayza, Minister of Foreign Affairs
of Peru; who, after having communicated
to each other their respective full powers,
found in good and true form, have agreed
upon and concluded the following articles:
ARTICLE l.
It is agreed that the contracting parties
shall, on acquisitions made in their name
through the medium of their respective
diplomatic agents, deliver up to JUS
tice persons who being accused or convict
ed of the crimes enumerated in article two
of the present treaty, committed within
the jurisdiction OF the requiring party, shall
seek an asylum, or shall be found within
the territories of the other; provided, that
this shall be done only when the fact of the
commission of the crime shall be SO estab-
lished as that the laws Of the country in
which the fugitive or the person so accused
shall be found wo' A justify his or her ap-
prehension anc imminent for trial i the
crime had ben there committed.
ARTICLE II.
Persons shalt DO SO delivered On who
shall be charged, according to the pro.
visions of this treaty, with any Of the fol-
lowing crimes, whether az principals. &C.
cessories or accomplices, to wit:
l. Murder, cOmprehending the crimes OF
parricide, assassination. poisoning and in
fanticide.
9. Rape, abduction by force.
). Bigamy.
4. Arson.
5. Kidnapping, defining the same to be
the taking or carrying away Of a person by
force or deception.
Robbery, highway robbery, larceny.
Z. Burglary, defined TO be the action of
breaking and entering by night time into
the house of another person with the intent
to commit a felony.
8. COunterfeiting or altering money. the
or fraudulent commerce Of and
in false coin and money; counterteiting the
certificates or obligations Of the govern.
ment, of bank notes. and of any other doc
uments of public credit; the uttering and
use OF the same; forging or altering judicial
judgments or DEGREES of the government or
courts, of the seals, dies, postage stamps
and revenue stamps of the government.
and the use Of the same; forging public and
authentic deeds and documents, both COM
merciai and Of banks, and the use of the |
same.
9. Embezzlement OF public moneys com
nitted within the jurisdiction of either
party by public officers or bailees, and en-
RED.
10. Fraudulent bankruptcy.
II. Fraudulent barratry.
H. Mutiny on board OF q vessel, when the |
persons who compose the crew have taken |
fOrcible possession of the same, or have |
the ship to pirates
13. Severe injuries Intentionally caused |
IN railroads. to telegraph lines. or to per.
IONS by means Of explosions Of mines or
steam boilers.
IL. Piracy.
aEiiclI III.
The provisions OF the present treaty shalt |
lot be applied IN any manner to any crime |
" Otfense of a purely political character,
Tor shall the provisions Of the present |
reaty be applied in any manner to the |
'rimes enumerated in tie second article |
anterior to the date of the ex-
hange Of the ratification hereof Neither |
# the contracting parties shall be bound to |
leliver up its own citizens under the stipu- |
atoms OF this treaty.
ARTICLE ".
The extradition will be granted IN virtue |
# the demand made by the one govern
nent on the other, with the remission Of a
sentence, an order of arrest,
r OF any other process equivalent to such |
rider, in which will be specified the char.
cter and gravity of the imputed acts, and
he dispositions of the penal laws relative
o the case. The documents ACCOMMODATING
he demand for extraditiOn shall be Origi-
als or certified copies, legally authorized
y the tribunals OF by competent person.
t possible, there shall be RENTED at the
anne time descriptive list of the ndivid.
al required, or any other proof towards
is identity.
1T the person accused or condemned is
OF citizen of either of the contracting
overs, the government granting the ex-
Tradition will inform the government Of
he country to which the accused or con-
emned may belong of the demand made,
nd If the last named government reclaims
he individual on its own account for trial |
D its own tribunals, the government to |
Aicu was M0uo tuc uouduu VI eXLrAOl- |
ion may. at will, deliver the criminal to !
be State in whose territories the crime was |
or to that to which the criminal
elOngs. Ii the accused or sentenced per. |
on whose extradition may be demanded in
lrtue Of the present convention from one |
I the contracting parties, should at the
anne time be the subject of claims from one
r other governments simultaneously for |
rimes or misdemeanors committed in their I
aspective territories, he or she shall be I
up to that government in whose {
srrltories the offense committed was Of the
ravest character; and when the offenses
70 Of like nature and gravity, the delivery ,
i'll be made to the government making the
rst dam nd: and Il tLo - - u &