*223 Mr. Justice Black, with whom Mr. Justice Douglas joins, dissenting. The Court holds in this case, as it said in dictum in Bloom v. Illinois, ante, p. 194, that persons charged with so-called “petty” crimes are not entitled to trial by jury. I am not as sure as the Court seems to be that this classification s…
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