MR. Chief Justice Waite dissenting. , I am unable to concur in the decision of this case. A fugitive from justice has no absolute right of asylum in a country to which he flees, and if he can be got back within the jurisdiction i f the country whose laws he has violated, he may be proceeded with precisely the same as if he had not fled, unless-there is something in the laws of the country where he is to be t…
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