Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-31
AMe NDED TREATY.
Extended to Include Manslaughter
Burglary and Embezzlement.

the articles recently signed in London by
Ministers Phelps and Earl of ROseberry,
extending and adding to the extraditiOnal
provisions of the treaty of ls4s. is as fol-
lows:
Convention between the United States
and Her Britannia Majesty.
Whereas, By the 10th article OF the treaty
concluded between the United States of
America and Her Britannic Majesty on the
9th day of August, 1872. 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 eX
tend to fugtives convicted of crimes speci-
fed in said article and in this convention;
the said high contracting parties have ap-
pointed as their -plentipotentiary to con-
| clude convention for this purpose, namely,
| the President of the United States of Amer
| lea, Edward j. Phelps, envoy extraordinary
| and Minister plenipOtentiary of the United
States to the Court of ST. James, etc, ETC.,
and Her Majesty, the Q ieen of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and ireland, the
Hon. Archibald Philip, Earl of Roseberry,
| her majesty's principal secretary of state
for foreign affairs, etc., ETC., who, after
having communicated to each other their
respective full powers found in good and
due form, have agreed upon the following
| articles:
| ARTICLE The provisions of the 10th
article of the said treaty will be and are
hereby extended 50 as to apply to and com
prehend the following additional crimes,
not mentioned in same article, namely
| FIRST manslaughter; second, burglary !;
third, embezzement or larceny of the value
| $50 or e10 aod upward; fourth, malicious
injuries to property whereby the life Of any
person shall be endangered, If such injuries
constitute a crime according to the laws OF
both the high contracting parties: and the
provisions OF said article shall have same
effect with respect to the eXtradition of
persons charged with any of the said crimes
as If the same had been originally named
and specified IN the said article.
ARTICLE 1.-The provisions of tenth
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shall apply To persons convicted of crimes
therein respectively named and specified
whose sentence thereupOn shall not have
been executed. In the case of fugitive
criminal alleged 10 have been convicted OF
the crime for which his surrender Is asked
a copy of the record OF the conviction anC
of the sentence of the court before which
:. prev,I- The shutting ':owi- y e" sntl
" and y al SEcc z pnG, EN- out Der with the
nee that the prisoner IS the person t,
i whom such evidence refers.
oARrICLE lII-rhis convention shall no
apply to any of the crimes herein name,
ana specified which shall have been com
mitted, or to any convictions which shal
have been procured prior to date when tn
convention shall come into force.
ARTICLE lV-NO fugitive criminal shall
, be surrendered under the provisions OF sai'
treaty OF of this convention if crime in res
pect of which his surrender is demanded b
one of political character or if he prov
to the competent authority that said requi
sition for his surrender has IN fact beel
made with view to try or punish him for
; CRIME of political character.
ARTICLE Va fugitive criminal surren
dered TO either of the high contracting pal
ties under provisions OF said treaty or q
,, this convention, shall not, until he has ha
an opportunity of returning to the state b
. which he has been surrendered, be detaine
or tried for any crime committed prior to hi
surrender, other than the extradition Grim
| proved by facts on which his surrender wa
: granted.
ARTICLE VI-The extraditiOn Of fugitive
a under the provisions of the treaty and tn
+ present convention. shall be carried out /
the United States and IN her majesty's dt
minIOn respectively, subject to and in col
formlty with laws regulating extraditlon Il
e time being in forcei in the surrounding stat
q ARTICLE VIl-The convention shall B
h ratified and the ratlhcatiOns exchanged ;
Y London as soon as possible. IL shall con
; into force ten days after its publication
conformity with the forms prescribed
the laws OF the high contracting parties, an
shall continue in force until one or the OF
D er high contracting parties shall signify ]
| wish to terminate it, and no longer.
In witness whereof the undersigned ha'
J. signed the same and nave afhxed there the
% seals.
: Done at London, the 18th day OF Jun
u 1885.
Y, [Seal. EDWARD JOHN PHELPS.