Letter

the Earl of Derby to Wickham Hoffman, April 27, 1876

Author

the Earl of Derby

Recipient

Wickham Hoffman

Date

April 27, 1876

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 2 in No. 76.]

Lord Derby to Mr. Hoffman.

Foreign Office, April 27, 1876.

Sir: With reference to your note of the 20th instant, I have the honor to state to you that the question of the extradition of Winslow and of the other two persons now in custody, on the requisition of the United States Government, has been again considered by Her Majesty’s government, and that they have come to the conclusion that it will not be in their power to surrender the prisoners unless an assurance is given by the United States Government that they will not be tried in the United States for any offense committed prior to their surrender other than the extradition crimes proved by the facts on which the surrender would be granted.

The period allowed by law for the detention of Winslow expires on the 3d of May, and for that of Brent and Gray on the 28th of May and 21st of June respectively, and they cannot be detained after those dates unless good cause can be shown by Her Majesty’s secretary of state for the home department for their further detention.

I shall have the honor of sending a detailed answer to your note in a few days, but I have thought it right to inform you at once of the decision of Her Majesty’s government, in order that you may have time to communicate with your Government before the release of the prisoner Winslow.

I have the honor, &c.,

DERBY.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.