The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-04-03
ADDITIONAL CRIMES.
Canada Is No Longer a Safe Retreat
For Thieves

For Thieves.
The convention, supplementary to the
tenth article of the Treaty of 1912, be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States, concluded at Washington July -,
1899, and ratifications exchanged at Lon
don March IL, 1890, was proclaimed last
week as follows:
Whereas, An extradition convention
between the United States of America
and the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, supplementary to the 10th
article of the treaty, concluded between
the same high contracting parties on the
9th day of August, 1912, was concluded
and signed by the respective plenipoten-
tiaries of the aforesaid high contracting
parties at the city of Washington on the
18th day of July, 1899, and
Whereas, the said convention has been
duly ratified on both parts, and the re-
spective ratification of the same were
each signed at the city of London on the
l1th day of March 1890; now, therefore,
be it known that | Benjamin Harrison,
President of the United States, have
caused the said convention to be made
public, as amended, to the end that the
same, and every article and clause there
of, may be observed and fulfilled with
good faith by the United States and the
citizens thereof.
Witness whereof, have hereuntO set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States of America to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this
2jth day of March, in the year of our Lord
1890, and of the independence of the
United States of America the one hun
dred and fourteenth
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
BY the President:
JAMES G. BLAINE, Secretary of State.
By the terms of the supplementary con-
vention the provisions of the tenth article
of the original treaty are made applicable
to the following additional crimes: l.
Alanslaughter, when voluntary; 2 coun-
terfeiting or altering money, uttering or
bringing into circulation counterfeit or
altered money; ,embezzlement; larceny;
receiving any money, valuable security
or other property, knowing the same to
have been embezzled, stolen or fraudu-
lently obtained. 4. Fraud by bailee,
banker, agent, factory trustee, or Director
or member or officer of any company,
made criminal by the laws of both coun-
tries. 3. Perjury or subornation of per-
jury. 6. Rape, abduction, child-stealing,
kidnapping; I, burglary, housebreaking
or shopbreaking; s, piracy by the law of
nations; o, revolt, or conspiracy to revolt
by two or more persons on board ship
on the high seas, against the authority of
the master; wrongfully sinking or de-
strOying a vessel at sea, or attempting to
do so; assaults on board a ship on the
high seas, with intent to do grievOus bodily
harm. 10, crimes and offences against
the laws of both countries for the sup
preston of slavery and slave trading
Extradition is also to take place for
participation in any of the crimes men
toned in this convention or in the afore-
said tenth article, provided such partici-
patton be punishable by the laws of both
countries.
The convention further provided that
fugitive criminal shall not be surrender
ed if the offence in respect of which his
surrender is demanded be one of a poll
teal character, or if he proves that the
requsition for his surrender has in fact
been made with view to try or punish
him for an offence of political a character.
No person surrendered under the conven-
ton shall be triable or tried or be punish
cd for any political crime or offence, or
for any act connected Herewith commit
ted previous to his extradition, nor shalt
he be triable, or be tried for any crime,
or offence, committed prior to his extra
dition, other than the offence for which
he was surrendered, until he shall have
had an opportunity of returning to the
country from which he was surrendered.
LONDON, March 25.-The new extradi-
ton treaty between Great Britain and the
United States will be officially published
tonight The treaty will come into eff
feet April the 4th next,