El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-28

the United States and Mexico, her
Published in full, Is of peculiar interes
ct this time on account of the interns
Lawyers especially will be glad t
have the text for refere nee. TIL
treaty is worded as follows:
The United States of America az
tn. United States of Mexico having
Judged it expedient, with q view to TIT
better administI alton of justice ant
the prevention of crime within theil
respective territories and jurisdictions
that persons charged with or convicted
of the crimes aud offenses hereinafter
enumerated. and being fugitives from
Justice, should under certain circum
stances, be reciprocsi1y delivered up
bave resolved 10 conclude new con.
vention for that purpose, and have ap.
pointed as their plenipotentiaries-
The president ofsthe United States
of America, Powell Clayton, ambassa-
dor extraordinary and plenipoten tiary
of said United States at Mexico, aud
the president of the United States OF
Mexico, Don Ignacio Mariscal, secreta-
ry of foreign re lations, who, after hav-
ing communicated to each other their
:. respective full powers, found in good
6pQ Que form. nave dRTSeQ upOu oDO
concluded the following articles:
Article 1.-The government of the
United States of America aud the gov
eminent of the United States of Mex
leo mutually agree to deliver up per-
sops who, having been charged with or
convicted of any OF the crimes or
offenses specified in the following
article, committed within the jurisdic-
ton Of one of the contracting parties,
shall seek an asylum or bs found with
In the territory of the other.
Article I.-Persons shall be deliver
ed up, according to the provisions of
this convention, who shall have been
charged with, or cop9icted of, any of
the following crimes or offenses:
1. Murder, compreheuding the
crimes known as parricide, assassira-
ton, poisoning and infanticide.
2. Rape.
3. Bigsmy.
4. Arson.
5. Grimes committed at sea:
(al Piracy. as commonly known and
defined by the lave of the nations.
(b) Destruction or loss OF vessel.
Caused intentionally. or conspiracy
aud attempt to bring about such de-
struction or loss, when committed by
any perror or persons on board OF said
vessel ON the high seas
(c) Mutiny or conspiracy by two or
more members of the crew or other
parsons on board Of vessel on the
high seas, for the purpose of rebelling
against the authority of the captain or
commander OF such vessel, or by fraud,
or by violence, taking possession of
such vessel.
+. Burglary, defined to be the act of
breaking and entering into the house
of another in the night time. with in
tent to commit felony therein.
Z. The act Of breaking into aud en-
teriug public Offices, or the offices OF
banks, trust companies, or insurance
companies. with intent to commit
theft therein. and also thefts resulting
Fl ON such acts.
8.sRobbery, defined to be the feloni
Gus and forcible taking from the person
of another OF goods or money. by vio-
lence or by putting the person in Fear.
l. 9. Forgery or the utterance OF forged
papers.
10. The forgery or Justification of
the official acts OF the government or
public authority, including courts of
Justice, or the utterance or fraudulent
use of any of the same.
IL. The fabrication of counterfeit
money, whether coin or paper, coup-
terfeit titles or coupons of public debt,
bank notes, or other instruments of
public credit; of counterfeit seals,
stamps, dies and marks of state or
public administration, and the utter
ance, circulation, or fraudulent use of
any of the above named objects.
II The introduction of instruments
for the fabrication of counterfeit coin
or bank notes or ether paper current
as money.
ID. Embezzlemeut or criminal NAL
versation OF public funds committed
within the jurisdiction of either party !
by public officers or depositaries.
IA Embezzlement of funds of bank
of deposit or savings bank, or trust
company chartered under federal or
state laws.
10. EmbeZzlement by any person or |
persons hired or salaried, to the detri- |
ment of their employers, when the
crime Is subject to punishment by the |
laws of the place where it WAS commit
tee.
defined to be the abduction or deten-
tiou of a person or persons in order to
exact money from them or from their
families, or for any other unlawful
end.
II. Mayhem and any other wilful
mutiiation causing disability or
death.
Is The malicious aud unlawful des-
or attempted destruction of
railways, trains, bridges, vehicles, YES
sells and other means of travel or of
edifices and private dwellings.
W hen the act committed shall endan-
gar human life.
I9. Obtaining by threats Of injury,
or by false devices, money, valusbles
or other personal property and the
purchase OF the same with the knowl
edge that they have been 80 obtained,
when such crimes or Offenses are
punishable by Imprisonment or other
corporal punishment by the laws of
both countries.
20. Larceny. defined to be the theft
of effects, personal property, horses,