Section 8, * The Extradition Act, 1870, and the Acts amending the same apply to the Colony.

When a fugitive criminal is brought before a Judge of Hearin~ ofthe Supreme Court, the Judge shall hear the case in the same ~~~~e~~e of manner, and have the same jurisdiction and powers, as near as pholitical f b "f h . b h b .f' h" h d . h c aracter o may e, as r t e pnsoner were roug t e1ore 1m c arge w1t crime. an indictable offence committed in the Protectorate. The Judge shall receive any evidence which may be tendered to show that the crime of which the prisoner is accused, or alleged to have been convicted, is an offence of a political character or is not a crime in respect of which his surrender may be granted.