Sir Julian
Pauncefote to Mr. Blaine.
Washington
,
May 10, 1890.
(Received May 13.)
Sir: With reference to the authentication of
documents in extradition cases, I have the honor, in obedience to
instructions which I have [Page 418]
received from the Marquis of Salisbury, to transmit herewith copy of a
dispatch from His Excellency the governor-general of India in council,
forwarding the forms of certificate proposed to be adopted in British
India in support of applications for the extradition from the United
States of America of fugitives from justice.
These forms appear to be in accordance with the certificate prescribed in
your dispatch to the United States minister in London of the 25th of
June last, a copy of which was communicated by him to Lord Salisbury,
and I am directed to inquire whether they will be accepted as sufficient
by the courts of the United States of America.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure 1.]
Fort William
,
April 1, 1890.
No. 29 (judicial), dated the 19th September,
1889.
No. 129. (public), dated the 21st November,
1889.
My Lord: With reference to Your Lordship’s
dispatches, marginally noted, regarding the authentication of
documents to be used for the purpose of obtaining extradition from
the United States of America, we have the honor to forward, for Your
Lordship’s information, the forms of certificate which appear to us
best suited for adoption in British India.
(2) These forms necessarily differ slightly from those received with
Your Lordship’s dispatches above mentioned, and we shall be glad to
be informed whether they will be accepted as sufficient by the
courts of the United States of America.
We have, etc.,
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Lansdowne.
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A. R. Scoble.
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C. A. Elliott.
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P. P. Hutchins.
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D. Barbour.
To the Right Honorable Viscount Cross, G. C.
B.
[Inclosure 2.]
Form of certificate.
I, ————, the consul-general for the United States in Calcutta, hereby
certify that the annexed paper, being ——(here State what papers
are), proposed to be used upon an application for the extradition
from the United States of ————, charged with the crime of ———alleged
to have been committed in ——, are properly and legally authenticated
so as to entitle them to be received in evidence for similar
purposes by the tribunals of ——, as required by the act of Congress
of August 3, 1882.
Draft of certificate.
In forwarding the annexed papers to be used in support of an
application for the surrender from the United States of ————,
charged with the crime of ——, committed in British India, I hereby
certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the signatures
(“A. B.”) on the warrant of arrest, and on the information and
depositions on which the warrant was granted, are the signatures of
————, a magistrate in British India having authority to issue and
receive the same, and I further certify that such documents so
signed by a magistrate having jurisdiction in the place where the
same were issued and taken, and authenticated by a secretary to
government and sealed with his official seal, would be received in
evidence for similar purposes in the tribunals of British India.
————,
Secretary to the Government of
India.
