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Extradition.

Treaties on the subject of criminals arise from the universal practice of nations to surrender criminals only under special treaty with the country which claims them. Treaties of this character have been made between the United States and the principal nations of the world. The crimes for which extradition is usually granted are forgery, burglary, embezzlement, counterfeiting, grand larceny, manslaughter, murder, perjury, rape, and other felonies. In modern states, particularly in England and the United States, political offences have always been excepted from extradition. In the United States, persons committing certain crimes in one State and fleeing to another are generally extraditable on application of the governor of the State in which the crime was committed to the governor of the State wherein the fugitive has sought refuge. In the case of States, as well as of nations, it is now generally held that extradition can be effected only for the specific crime charged in the papers accompanying the official demand.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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