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or otherwise infamous cases, we should have it specifically

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provided either in the declaration of rights or in our

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judiciary article.

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That is all I have to say for that, and there

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has been no amendments offered.

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I do not assume, or I assume that there is no objec-

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tion to that being in our Constitution.

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DELEGATE HENDERSON: May I ask a question?

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DELEGATE JAMES: Will Delegate Weidemeyer yield

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to a question?

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DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: Yes.

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DELEGATE HENDERSON: Since Section 11, I understood

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you to say, is not in our present Constitution, and since

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there is a regular procedure whereby most of thecases

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come up on information and not by indictment, would

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there be any intention here to change that present practice

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which has worked so well?

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DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: No, I do not think so because

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this follows the wording of the Federal Constitution,

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no person shall be held to answer for a capital

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or otherwise infamous crime, unless on presentment or