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TREATY-KINGDOM OF SWEDEN. JANUARY 14, 1893. 973 4. Forgery, or the utterance of forged papers; the forgery or falsili- F°’=°*'Y- cation of official acts of government, of public authorities, or of courts of justice, or the utterance of the thing forged or falsiiicd. 5. The counterfeiting, falsifying or altering of money, whether coin or ¤¤¤¤t¤rf¤¤ti¤z·¤t¤· paper, or of instruments of debt created by national, state, provincial, or municipal governments, or of coupons thereof, or of bank-notes, or the utterance or circulation of the same; or the counterfeiting, falsify- mg or altering of seals of state. 6. Embezzlement by public officers; embezzlement by persons hired E""’°"°°"‘°"°' °*"‘ or salaried, to the detriment of their employers; larceny; obtaining money, valuable securities or other property by false pretenses, or receiving money, valuable securities or other property knowing the same to have been embezzled, stolen or baudulently obtained, when such act is made criminal by the laws of both countries and the amount of money or the value of the property fraudulently obtained or received is not less than $200 or kronor 740. 7. Fraud or breach of trust by a bailee, banker, agent, factor, trus- B""!` °i °r°°t“°°°` tee or other person acting in a iiduciary capacity, or director or member or officer of any company, when such act is made criminal by the laws of both countries and the amount of money or the value of the property misappropriated is not less than $200 or kronor 740. 8. Peijury; subornation of perjury. , ;°'*"”'Q 9. Rape; abduction; kidnapping. °{P°{°‘ 11(;,nWiHf;11l and pnlawful destruction or obstruction of railroads which .,..{f"°"°"°"m°°“' en gers uman ife. . 11. crimes committed at mz .£‘.§'.'f‘°' °°""""*°" eo. Piracy, by statute or by the law of nations; b. Revolt, or conspiracy to revolt, by two or more persons on board a ship on the high seas, against the authority of the master; c. Wrongfully sinking or destroying a vessel at sea, or attempting to do sod. ixssaults on board a ship on the high seas with intent to do ‘ grievous bodily harm. . 12. Crimes and offenses against the laws of both countries for the s“"° ““‘““*‘·°*°· suppression of slavery and slave trading. _ _ _ Extradition is also to take place for participation in any of the crimes C°"'P“°*‘Y- and offenses mentioned in this treaty, provided such participation may be punished, in the United States as a felony, and in Sweden by imprisonment at hard labor. Anricrn Ill. Requisitions tbr the surrender of fugitives trom justice shall be made Ruiuisirinnn by the diplomatic agents of the contracting parties, or in the absenms of these from the country or its seat of government, may be made by the superior consular ofliecrs. _ If the person whose extradition is requested shall have been convicted wm'¤f ¤··¤¢¤¤r•· er of a crime or oilense, an duly authenticated copy of the sentence of the ` court in which he was convicted, or if the fugitive is merely charged with crime, a duly authenticated copy of the warrant of arrest in the country where the crime has been committed, and of the depositions or other evidence upon which such warrant was issued, shall be produced. The extradition of fugitives under the provisions of this Treaty shall "’°°°*‘“¤8·· he carried out in the United States and Sweden, respectively, in conformity with the laws regulating extradition for the time being in force in the state on which the demand for surrender is made. Anrrcrn IV. Where the arrest and detention of a fugitive are desired on tele- df;ggQ{:Q;j}:_*°'P”· graphic or other information in advance of the presentation of formal proofs, the proper course in the United States shall be to apply to the