And the same
provision shall hold in favor of the representatives of the original
creditor or sufferer, and against the representatives of the original
debtor, carrier away, or forger; also, in favor of either government or
of corporations, as of natural persons. But in no case shall the person
of the defendant be imprisoned for the debt, though the process, whether
original, mesne, or final, be for the form sake directed against his
person. If the time between the flight and the commencement of the
action exceed not ------ years, it shall be counted but as one day under
any act of limitations.
This convention shall continue in force --------- years, from the
exchange of ratifications, and shall not extend to any thing happening
previous to such exchange.
_Heads of consideration on the establishment of conventions between the
United States and their neighbors, for the mutual delivery of fugitives
from justice._
Has a nation a right to punish a person who has not offended itself?
Writers on the law of nature agree that it has not. That, on the
contrary, exiles and fugitives are, to it, as other strangers, and have
a right of residence, unless their presence would be noxious; e. g.
infectious persons. One writer extends the exception to atrocious
criminals, too imminently dangerous to society; namely, to pirates,
murderers, and incendiaries.
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