The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-07-22
EXTRADI1'ION TREATY.
FULL TEXT OF THE ARTICLE RE-
GENTLY SIGNED r. LONDON.

SAt'nulng ana audlng TO Uhe eXUraulJlon pro-
visions of the treaty of 1912 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 majesty on the
9th day Of August, lS42, provision is made
for the extradition of persons charged with
certain crimes; and
"WHEREAs, 1t 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 convention.
"The said high contracting parties have
appointed as their plenipotentiaries to con
clude a convention for this purpose named,
the president of the United States Of Amer
lea, Edward ], Phelps, envoy extraordin-
airy and minister plenipotentiary of the
United States to the court of st. James, ETC.,
etc, and her majesty, the queen of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land, the Right Hon. Archibald Phillip, Earl
Of Rosebery, her majesty's principal secre-
tary Of state for foreign affairs etc., etc. d,
who, after having communicated to each
other their respective full power, found in
good and due form have agreed upon the
following articles:
"Article The provisions of the tenth ar
ticle of the said treaty will be and are hereby
extended so as to apply to and comprehend
the following additional crimes not mem
toned in said article, named:
"First- -Manslaughter.
"Second-Burglary.
"Third-Embezzleme or larcenoy Of the
value Of $50, or e10 and upwards.
"Fourth-Malicious injuries to property,
whereby the life Of any person shall be en-
dangered, if such injuries constitute a crime
according to the laws Of both the high con-
tracing parties. And the provisions Of the
said article shall have the same effect with
Respect to the extradition Of persons charged
with any of the said crimes as IL the same
bad been originally named and specified in
the said article.
"Article 2.-The provisions Of the tenth ar
dele OF the said treaty, and of this conven-
tion, shall apply to persons convicted of the
crimes therein respectively named and speci-
fed, whose sentence thereupon shall not have
been executed. In the case of a fugitive
criminal alleged to have been convicted Of
the crime for which his surrender is asked,
q copy Of the record of the conviction and of
the sentence Of the court before which such
conviction took place. duly authenticated,
shall be produced, together with the evidence
that the prisoner is the person$b whom such
sentence refers.
"Article 3-Ths convention shall not apply
to any Of the crimes herein named and speci-
fed, which shall have been committed, or to
any convictions which shall have been pro-
cured prior to the date when the conviction
shall come into force.
: "Article NO fugitive criminal shall be
surrendered under the provisions of the said
treaty, or of this convention If the crime in
respect Of which his surrender is demanded
be one Of political character, or If he prove
to the competent authority that the said
requisition for his surrender has in fact been
made with the view to try or punish him for
crime of political character
"Article 5.-A fugitive criminal surren-
dered to either Of the high contracting par
ties under the provisions Of the 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 for any crime committed
prior to his surrender other than the extra
ditable crime proved by the facts on which
his surrender was granted.
"Article d The extradition of fugitives un-
der the provisions Of the treaty and tine pres
ent convention shall be carried out in the
United States and in her majesty's dominion
respectively, subject to and in conformity
with the laws regulating ex5radition for the
time being in force in the surrendering state.
"Article This convention shall be rati-
fed and the ratihcations exchanged at Lon
don as soon as possible. It shall come into
force ten days after it's publication in con-
formity with the forms prescribed by the
laws of the high contracting parties, and
shall continue in force until one or the other
Of the high contracting parties shall signify
Its wish to terminate it, and no longer
"In witness, whereof the undersigned have
signed the same and have affixed thereunto
their seals.
"EDwARD JOHN PHELPS,
"RosEBERY.
"Dated at London, the 25th day of June,
1886"
Provisions of the treaty of 1s42-Article
10 Of the treaty of 1S42, the provisions OF
which are extended by the convention signed
by Minister Phelps and the Earl of Rosebery,
Is as follows:
"Article 1O-It is agreed that the United
Statos and her Britannia majesty, shall upon
mu.~o' requistion by them, or their minis
ter, officers or authorities, respectively made
de,iro" up to justice all persons who, being
CHARGED with the crime Of murder or as
sau't with intent to commit murder or
arson, or robbery, or forgery, or the utter
anca Of forged papers, committed within the
Jurisdiction of either, shall seek an asylum
Or be found within the territory of each
other; provided, that this shall only be done
upon such evidence Of crimnality as, ac-
cording to the laws Of the place where the
fugitive, or person so charged, shall be found,
would justify his apprehension and commit
ment for trial, if the crime or offense had
there been committed; and the respective
Judges and other magistrates of the two gov
ernments shall have the power, jurisdiction
and authority upon complaint made under
oath TO issue a warrant for the apprehension
Of the fugitive or person so charged, that he
may be brought before such judges or other
magistrates respectively, to the end that the
evidence of criminality may be heard and
considered and if, on such hearing, the evil
| dence be deemed sufficient to sustain the
charge, it shall be the duty of the examining
| judge or magistrate to certify the same to
| the proper executive authority, that a war
! rant may issue for the surrender of such
| fugitive. The expense Of such apprehension
and delivery shall be borne and betrayed by
| the party who makes the requisition and re-
ceives the fugitive"
The Treaty in Canada.
OTTAWA, July 21.-The new extradition
| treaty between the United States and Eng
! land has been under consideration by the do
minion cabinet for some time The sub