Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 26.djvu/1560

 CONVENTION-GREAT BRITAIN. JULY 12, 1889. 15].] Done at the city of Washington this 25th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun red and ninety, and of [SEAL.] the Indeppndence of the United States the one hundred and fourteent. _ Bam. Hsnmsorz By the President: Jams G. Bums, Secretary of State. APPENDIX. [For convenient reference article X of the Treaty of August 9, 1842, is herewith reprinted.] Tnmnrv ro Smrrnn Ami Dmmm Bouunnzms; Fon run Fmn. SUPPRESSION OP THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE ; AND FOR THE GIVING UP OF CBIKINALS FUGITIVE FBOH JUSTICE. Ooncluded at Washivigton, August 9, 1842 ; Ratofcahions exchanged at London, October 13, 184.2 ; Proclaimed November 10, 1842. o • s • • s ·r ARTICLE X. I Itisngreedth•ttheUnited8tntesandHa·Bri·I;anni Majestyshall tual uidtious by them, or their Ministers, odlcers, or adthonties, ym1ii1ade, §iver tcgustiee, all personswho, being chargedwiththecrimeot murder,cr nssaultgthintent to commit murder, or pir¤e§nor•rsn¤, or robbery, erfmgliyu ortheutteranceofforgsd ,committedwithejurisdictionoteither, seek an asy1um,or shall  the territories of theother: Provided, thatthisshallonlybedoneuponsuchevidencect criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person sochnrged, dull be‘foun, would justify his aplrehension and commitment for trial, if the crime or ofence had there been committed : And the respective judges and other magistrates of the two Governments,shall have power, Qunsdiction, and authority, upon complaint made under oath, to issue a wgrrantltorbethe apprleheiésion otottgie ugitive ez, person so si-ged,thath ma. be oresuc or ermagstra ,respectizlely, to the and thm the leavlidence of mmndhdtyggrhay be heard and considered; and if, on such hearing, the evidence be deemed sufficient to sustain the charge it shsllbethedutyot the examining judgeormagistrate, tocertify thesame to the r executive authority, that a warrant may issue for the sunenderof such Rig-itive,-—'l’be expense of such apprehension and delivery shall be home and detrayed by the party who makes the requisition, and receives the fugitive. Anncm XI. parties shall signify its wish to terminate it, and no longer.
 * * * The tenth article shall continue in force until one or the other of the