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each county. We felt that the judge who may have three

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or four counties under his control would be familiar

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enough with the people to appoint the Commissioners .

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That is why we put it in the Circuit Court.

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JUDGE FAIRBANKS: There will certainly have

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to be of Committee magistrate in every county, more than

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one probably.

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JUDGE CARTER: Who appoints the assistants,

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the chief trial judge or chief justice?

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THE CHAIRMAN: Chief justice.

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JUDGE FRENDERGAST: May I suggest bail set

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by Commissioners who ore not lawyers, the confusion in

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the Criminal Court would be behond description.

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JUDGE RASIN: That is the reason I asked the

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question, who is going to hold preliminary hearings under

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this setup.

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MRS. BOTHE; Baltimore City wouldn't have

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Commissioners. At least, there wouldn't be any idea of

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it. It would be just in the sparsely populated areas

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where there are no People's Court judges.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Under this arrangement, Judge



 

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