Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-07-29
FULL TEXT.
Ponr Additional crimss Made Extraditable.

-Four Additional Crimes Made Extraditable.
The full text of the convention recently
signed in London by Minister Phelps and
the Earl of Roseberry, extending and add
ing to the extradition provisions OF ls42,
Is given below. The convention extends
the provisions Of article 10, OF the treaty
Of 1912, to four crimes not herein named,
as follows: Manslaughter, burglary, EN-
bezzlement, or larceny, involving the
amount Of $50 or over, and malicious In
jury to property whereby the life or any
person shall be endangered, If such injury
constitute crime according to the laws
of both countries. 1t also provides that
the provisions of article 10 shall apply to
persons convicted of the crimes named III
the treaty of 1912 and the new convention,
as well as to those charged before trial
with the commission Of them. The con-
vention is not retroactive. No surrender
is to be demanded for a political offense'
and no trial is permitted for any other Of
Tense than the one for which extradition
is requested until the person extradit-
ed has had an opportunity to IRE
turn to the state by which he was surrend
ed. In his letter to the secretary OF state,
Mr.. Phelps says it Is understood be-
tween the two governments that
the convention shall not stand in the
way of a more elaborate treaty IL one Is
desired, but he expresses the opinion that
q new treaty will not be necessary. The
convention is now before the Senate com
mittee on the judiciary, from which 1t
will be referred to the committee on
foreign affairs. An early and favorable
report to the Senate is looked for, though
the convention may not be ratified at the
present session of congress. The treaty Is
as follows:
Convention between the United States
and her Britannia Majesty:
Whereas, By the tenth article OF the
treaty concluded between the United
States of America and her Britannia Ma
jesty on the 9th day of August, 1872, pro
vision is made for the extradition or
persons charged with certain crimes; and
whereas, it is now desired by the high
contracting parties that the provisions OF
the said article should embrace certain
crimes not therein specified, and should
extend to- fugitives convicted of crimes
specified in said article and in this con-
vention, the said high contracting parties
have appointed as their plenipotentiaries
to conclude convention for this purpose,
namely, the President of the United
States of America; Edward j. Phelps,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of the United States to
the Court of st. James; and her Majesty,
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland; the Rt. Hon. Archi-
bald Philip, Earl of Roseberry, her Ma
jesty's principal Secretary OF State for
Foreign Affairs, etc, who, after having
communicated to each other their re-
spective full power found in good and
due form, have agreed upon the following
articles:
ARTICLE l. The provisions of the tenth
article of the said treaty will be and are
comprehend the following additional
crimes not mentioned in said article,
namely: l, manslaughter; z, burglary; .,
| embeZZlement or larceny OF the value or
$50 or 9l0 and upward; 4, malicious injury
shall be endangered, If such an injury con-
| stitutes a crime according to the laws OF
both the high contracting parties and the
provisions of the said article shall have
the same effect with respect to the extradi-
ZION of persons charged with any Of the
said crimes as il the same had been origin
ally named and specified in the said
| article.
ART. 2. The provisions of the tenth arti-
Gle of the said treaty and of this conven-
ton shall apply to persons convicted OF
the crimes herein respectively named and
| specified whose sentence thereupon shall
| not have been executed. In the case OF q
fugitive criminal alleged to have been
convicted of the crime for which his sur
render is asked a copy of the record Of the
conviction and of the sentence OF the court
before which such conviction took place.
duly authenticated, shall be produced, to-
| gether with the evidence that the prisoner
Is the person TO whom such sentence
refers
ART. 3. This convention shall not apply
to any of the crimes therein named and
specified which shall have been committed,
or to any convictions which shall have
been procured, prior to the date when the
convention shall come into force.
| ART A. No fugitive criminal shall be
surrendered under the provisions Of said
| treaty or of this convention liz the crime
in respect of which his surrender is de-
manded be one of u political character, or
! il he prove to the competent authority
that the said requisition of his surrender
has in fact been made with the view to try
or punish him for crime OF political
| character.
ART. 3. A fugitive criminal surrender
ed to either of the high contracting parties
under the provisions of said treaty or of
! this convention shall not, until he has had
an opportunity Of returning to the state
by which he has been surrendered, be de-
tanned or tried or for any crime commit
| ted prior to his surrender other than the
extradition crime proved by the facts on
which his surrender was granted.
ART. o. The extradition of fugitives
under the provisions of the said treaty and
present convention shall be carried out in
the United States and in her Majesty's
dominions respectively, subject to and in
conformity with the laws regulating ex-
tradition for the time being in force in the
| surrendering state.
ART. z. This convention shall be ratifi-
ed and the Publications exchanged at Lon
don as soon as possible. 1t shall come into
force ten days after its publication, in con-
formity with the forms prescribed by the
laws Of the high contracting parties, and
shall continue in force until one OF the
other high contracting parties shall signify
its wish to terminate 1t, and no longer.
In witness whereof the undersigned have
signed the same, and have affixed thereun-
| to their seals.
Done at London on the 25th day Of June,
| 1856.
EDWARD JOHN PHELPS,
| fSipnadl ROSERERRY