EXTRADITION, INTERNATIONAL
\ˌɛkstɹədˈɪʃən], \ˌɛkstɹədˈɪʃən], \ˌɛ_k_s_t_ɹ_ə_d_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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The first treaty of the United States which made any provision for extradition was the Jay Treaty of 1794, and Congress made no law to carry this into effect. After this, the first extradition treaty concluded by the United States was the Treaty of 1842 with Great Britain. In 1875, in the case of a criminal who had committed an offense not mentioned in the treaty, the United States procured his extradition on another charge, then tried him on the first. Great Britain protested against this. In many ways the Treaty of 1842 had become inapplicable to modern conditions. In 1886, the Phelps-Rosebery Convention, which aimed to substitute a more satisfactory system, was rejected by the Senate. But in 1889 the Senate ratified the Blaine-Pauncefote Convention, which accomplished the desired results. Extradition treaties have been concluded with all the leading countries of the world, and most of the minor countries: France, 1843; Hawaii, 1849; Switzerland, 1850; Prussia, 1852, etc.
By John Franklin Jameson
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