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Orphans Court.
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Therefore, you see, I am the junior in
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service on the Orphans Court. Until the report of this
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Committee on the Judiciary Department of the Constitutional
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Convention Commission, I had not realized that trials
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in absentia existed in the United States. I look at
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the names on this Committee and in agreement with the
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Chief Judge, we don't always agree, they are notable
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because of their absence from the Court. I wondered
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about this and considering the fact you havt already
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made your recommendation and probably nothing we can
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say will change it, I would like your indulgence for a
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few comments .
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One member of the Committee is very well
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acquainted with the Court, both in theory and in practice,
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Melvin J. Sykes . His father was Chief Judge at least
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beginning in 1940, that's as far back as I got, probably
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further than that, who was a great scholar. Chief Judge
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of the Court, unlike these county courts, or the Orphans
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Court of Baltimore City has been comprised of lawyers
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since before 1940. In deference to pleading our own cause,
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