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IN RE CHAN KAM-SHU

No. 72-2476.

477 F.2d 333 (1973)

In the Matter of the Extradition of CHAN KAM-SHU, a fugitive from the Justice of the Republic of Liberia. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Chan KAM-SHU, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 6, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., Alan C. Todd, Asst. U. S. Atty., Orlando, Fla., Murray R. Stein, John L. Murphy, Chief, Administrative Regulations Sec., Crim. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Emmett A. Moran, Orlando, Fla., court appointed, for appellee.

Before JONES, GODBOLD and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents two issues in defining the scope and construing the terms of the extradition treaty between the United States and Liberia. First, whether petitioner, a member of the crew of a Liberian flag vessel, who was brought into the United States after allegedly murdering another crew member while the ship was in international waters, is a fugitive from justice within the scope of the Treaty. Second, whether Liberian authorities...

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