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 shall seek an asylum or shall be found within the territories of the other; provided that such surrender shall take place only upon such evidence of criminality, as according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial if the crime or offense had been there committed. ABrrLE II. Extraditablecrimes. Persons shall be delivered up according to the provisions of the present Treaty, who shall have been charged with or convicted of any of the following crimes or offenses: 1. Murder (including crimes designated by the terms parricide, poisoning, and infanticide); manslaughter, when voluntary. 2. Malicious wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm with premeditation. 3. Rape, abortion, carnal knowledge of children under the age of sixteen years. 4. Abduction or detention of women or girls for immoral purposes. 5. Bigamy. 6. Arson. 7. Willful and unlawful destruction or obstruction of railroads, which endangers human life. 8. Crimes committed at sea: (a) Piracy, as commonly known and defined by the law of nations, or by statutes; (b) Wrongfully sinking or destroying a vessel at sea or attempt- ing to do so; (c) Mutiny or conspiracy by two or more members of the crew or other persons on board of a 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 violence taking pos- session of such vessel; (d) Assault on board ship upon the high seas with intent to do bodily harm. 9. Burglary; house-breaking. 10. The act of breaking into and entering the offices of the Govern- ment or public authorities, or other buildings not dwellings with intent to commit a felony therein. 11. Robbery. 12. Forgery or the utterance of forged papers. 13. The forgery or falsification of the official acts of the Govern- ment or public authorities, including Courts of Justice, or the utter- ing or fraudulent use of any of the same. 14. The fabrication of counterfeit money, whether coin or paper, counterfeit titles or coupons of public debt, created by National, State, Provincial, Territorial, Local or Municipal Governments, bank notes or other instruments of public credit, counterfeit seals, stamps, dies and marks of State or public administrations, and the utterance, circulation or fraudulent use of the above mentioned objects. 15. Embezzlement. 1734 TREATIES [54 STAT.

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