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Ireland, Frederick Douglas Hamilton, Esquire, her Minister Eesident at Ecuador; and his Excellency the President of Ecuador, General Cornelio E. Vernaza, Minister of Foreign Affairs and of the Interior; who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles: — " AiiTiCLE I. —It is agreed that Her Britannic Majesty's Government and that of Ecuador shall, on requisition made in their name by their respective diplomatic agents, deliver up to each other reciprocally any persons who, being accused or convicted of any of the crimes hereinafter specified, committed within the jurisdiction of the requiring party, shall be found within the territories of the other party: (1) Murder, or attempt or conspiracy to murder; (2) manslaughter; (3) counterfeiting or altering money, or uttering counterfeit or altered money; (4) forgery, counterfeiting, or altering, or uttering what is forged or counterfeited or altered; (5) embezzlement or larceny ; (6) obtaining money or goods by false pretences ; (7) crimes against bankruptcy law ; (8) fraud by a bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee, or director, or member or public officer of any company made criminal by any law for the time being in force; (9) rape; (10) abduction; (11) childstaaling; (12) burglary or housebreaking; (13) arson ; (14) robbery with violence ; (15) threats by letter or otherwise with intent to extort; (16) piracy by law of nations ; (17) sinking or destroying a vessel at sea, or attempting or conspiring to do so; (18) assaults on board a ship on the high seas with intent to destroy life or to do grievous bodily harm; (19) revolt or conspiracy to revolt by two or more persons on board a ship on the high seas against the authority of the captain or master : Provided that the surrender shall be made only when, in the case of a person accused, the commission of the crime shall be so established as that the laws of the country where the fugitive or person so accused shall be found would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial if the crime had been there committed; and, in the case of a person alleged to have been convicted, on such evidence as, according to the laws of the country where he is found, would prove that he had been convicted. " Article ll.—ln the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty, other than the foreign or colonial possessions of Her Majesty, the manner of proceeding shall be as follows : — "(1.) In the case of a person accused: The requisition for the surrender shall be made to Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by some person recognized by the Secretary of State as a diplomatic representative of the Bepublic of Ecuador, accompanied by a warrant, or other equivalent judicial document, for the arrest of the accused, issued by a Judge or Magistrate duly authorized to take cognizance of the acts charged against him in Ecuador, together with duly-authenticated depositions or statements taken on oath before such Judge or Magistrate, clearly setting forth the said acts, and a description of the person claimed, and any particulars which may serve to identify him. The said Secretary of State shall transmit such documents to Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, who shall then, by order under his hand and seal, signify to some Police Magistrate in London that such requisition has been made, and require him, if there be due cause, to issue his warrant for the apprehension of the fugitive. On the receipt of such order from the Secretary of State, and on the production of such evidence as would, in the opinion of the Magistrate, justify the issue of the warrant if the crime had been committed in the United Kingdom, he shall issue his warrant accordingly. When the fugitive shall have been apprehended in virtue of such warrant, lie shall be brought before the Police Magistrate who issued it, or some other Police Magistrate in London. If the evidence to be then produced shall be such as to justify, according to the law of England, the committal for trial of the prisoner if the crime of which he is accused had been committed in England, the Police Magistrate shall commit him to prison to await the warrant of the Secretary of State for his surrender, sending immediately to the Secretary of State a certificate of the committal and a report upon the case. After the expiration of a period from the committal of the prisoner which shall never be less than fifteen days, the Secretary of State shall, by order under his hand and seal, order the fugitive criminal to be surrendered to such person as may be duly authorized to receive him on the part of the Government of Ecuador. (2.) In the case of a person convicted: The course of proceeding shall be the same as in the case of a person accused, except that the warrant to be transmitted by the recognized diplomatic representative in support of his requisition shall clearly set forth the crime of which the person claimed has been convicted, and state the fact, place, and date of his conviction. The evidence to be produced before the Police Magistrate shall be such as would, according to the law of England, prove that the prisoner was convicted of the crime charged. After the Police Magistrate shall have committed tin accused or convicted parson to prison to await the order of a Secretary of State for his surrender, such person shall have the right to apply for a writ of habeas corpus. If he should so apply, his surrender must be deferred until after the decision of the Court upon the return to the writ, and even then can only take place if the decision is adverse to the applicant. In the latter case the Court may at once order his delivery to the person authorized to receive him, without the order of a Secretary of Sta fe for his surrender, or commit him to prison to await such order. A like proceeding shall be observed towards criminals in prison in Ecuador. " Abticle lII.—In the Bepublic of Ecuador the manner of proceeding shall be as follows :— '■ (1.) In the case of a person accused: The requisition for the surrender shall be made to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ecuador by the Minister or other diplomatic agent of Her Britannic Majesty, accompanied by a warrant for the arrest of the accused, issued by a Judge or Magistrate duly authorized to take cognizance of the acts charged against him in Great Britain, together with 'duly-authenticated depositions or statements taken on oath before such Judge or Magistrate, clearly setting forth the said acts, and a description of the person claimed, and any other particulars which may serve-to identify him. The said documents shall be transmitted to the Minister Secretary of State for the Interior Department, who shall then, by order under his hand and seal, signify to some Police Magistrate that such requisition has been made,