Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 43 Part 2.djvu/540

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1888 EXTRADITION TREATY——BULGARIA. MARCH 19, 1924. K“‘““¥‘*”¤· 17. Kidnapping of minors or adults, defined to be the abduction or detention of a person or persons, in order to exact money from them. their families or any other person or persons, or for any other unlawful end. L““""’"· 18. Larceny, defined to be the theft of effects, personal property, or money, of the value of twenty-five dollars or more, or Bulgarian Ummm b equ1valent._ _ _ I ,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,.,,*§,§f‘{}§§}' Y _ 19. Obtaining money, valuable securities or other property, by false pretences or receiving any money, valuable securities or other property knowing the same to have been unlawfully obtained, where the amount of money or the value of the property so obtained or P(_rjm_ received exceeds one hundred dollars or Bulgarian equivalent. Bmwh L), mm t_ 20. Per]ury or Sllb0I‘H&1lZ101’l of perjury. '"‘ 21. Fraud or breach of trust by a bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, director or officer of any company or corporation, or by any one in any fiduciary position, where the amount of money or the value of the property misap- Smmmdingi propriated exceeds one hundred dollars or Bulgarian equivalent. 22. Crimes and offenses against the laws of both countries for the Dwmou etc of suppression of slavery and slave trading. dependent bmméa. Wilful desertion orwilful non-support of minor or dependent . c 1 ren. A°°°S°°"°"' 24. Extradition shall also take place for participation in any of the crimes before mentioned as an accessory before or after the fact: provided such participation be punishable by imprisonment by the laws of both the High Contracting Parties. ARTICLE III. No surrender for a _ · · v<>“¤<=¤¤¤¤¤S<·· The provisions of the present Treaty shall not import a claim of extradition for any crime or offense of a political character, nor for acts connected with ,such crimes or offenses; and no person surrendered by or to either of the High Contracting Parties in virtue Mwmpts me of this Treaty shall`be‘tried or punished for a political crime or mama para ol smké offense. When the offense charged comprises the act either of “°““’°l‘°‘°"l°"'“"‘ murder or assassination or of poisoning, either consummated or attempted, the fact that the offense was committed or attempted against the life of the Sovereign or Head of a foreign State or against the life of any member of his family, shall not be deemed sufficient to sustain that such crime or offense was of a. political character; or was an act connected with crimes or offenses of a political character. ARTICLE IV. exif;] roiiiiiiifffii sniff No person shall be tried for any crime or offense other than that ""d°""l‘ for which he was surrendered. ARTICLE V. L"”"""°“ °"‘m°‘ A fugitive criminal shall not be surrendered under the provisions hereof, when, from lapse of time or other lawful`. cause, according to the laws of the place within the jurisdiction of which the crime `was committed, the criminal is exempt from prosecution or punisl1- ment for the offense for which the surrender is asked. . ARTICLE VI. g e .mili°¤`:°°Sa`.i°d°.{¤li$l`§Z If a fugitive criminal whose surrender may bd claimed pursuant ""°“"°““"· to the stipulations hereof, be actually under prosecution, out on bail or in custody, for a crime or offense committed in the country where