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1. This is an application for the release of the applicants made under Section 12 of the Extradition Act 1870 on the ground that as two months have lapsed since the committal of the applicants and they have not been surrendered. I have been referred to the decision in re Shuter 1959 3 AER 481 which holds that the word "may" in that section should be taken as "shall" and therefore the applicants are entitled to be released and unless sufficient cause be shown to the contrary. The background of th