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A number of protestants came up -to the United States Dist-
rict Court, and they wanted, on minor petty parking cases,
jury trials, but fortunately they withdrew it. Two weeks
of the United States District Court involved traffic cases,
and it allwent to the Fourth District. It is a very limited
area. It is a very desirable amendment, and I urge your
support of it for those reasons.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Macdonald.
DELEGATE MACDONALD: Mr. Chairman and fellow
delegates; I don't practice criminal law, and I don't
pretend to be an expert in this field.
When I took the liberty of calling a practi-
tioner in Montgomery County who is one of the leading
practitioners in the field of criminal law, if not the
best practitioner in this county. He has tried literally
hundreds of crminal cases, and I quoted this language
to him. He said all that would do would be to confuse
the lawyers and the judges.
I think we are making a mistake in trying to
write a provision for the Constitution on the floor. I
think it should be withdrawn, and if it is not withdrawn,