1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21

THE CHAIRMAN: Of the type for which there was
no right of trial by .jury at common law.
DELEGATE CASE: Yes, sir. That is what we are
trying to do here.
THE CHAIRMAN: Very well.
Is theJ-e any objection to that modification?
Delegate Koger.
DELEGATE KOGER: I would like for you to explair
it. lam not a lawyer.
THE CHAIRMAN: Very well.
The Chair would observe that as I think all
of the delegates would agree, that it is rather wordy, but
the Committee on Style can probably take care of that.
The amendment would now read, at the end of secilior
3 add the phrase "except that trial by jury shall not be
required for petty offenses of the type for which there
was no right of trial by jury at common law."
I take it that that means that it is not limited
to the particular petty offenses for which there was no
right of trial by jury at common law; but petty offenses
that may have been unknown at common law but are of the