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really not sure but I think that's probably what happened.
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JUDGE 'FRIEDMAN: In answer to you, Melvin,
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I can't give you an exact answer. I think definitely,
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from my experience, that the Orphans Court should not
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be merged or consolidated in any court in big metropolitan
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areas, any Supreme Bench or Circuit Court or any one of
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the courts you want to call it.
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I would say if the Committee feels that the
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Orphans Court as it is today in Baltimore City is not
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doing the job, it could be done better, lo and behold,
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I shouldn't try to persuade you, but my feeling is that
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one judge cannot handle the Orphans Court work in
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Baltimore City. A minimum of two judges. When I talked
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to Mr. Eney, again I say that if they had one judge, you
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might wind up with two and three masters, which I,
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as an attorney, fear. I would like to see three judges,
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not masters. I am not again saying that we have a
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Master in Equity, I an not personally saying anything
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about him, I would rather, as a lawyer, deal with a
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judge when the judge has time than deal with the
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master in between and then go to the judge.
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