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Drunk Driver Given Term in Tong Session Court
In a Monday night Peoples Court session Magistrate Wilbur Sheffield Jr. heard 11 cases, with alcohol as the major factor in arrests. James Franklin Earp of Gaithersburg received the maximum for three DUI charges and speeding, due to prior convictions. Others faced sentences or acquittals for reckless driving, disorderly conduct, and intoxication. several defendants received suspended terms or fines.
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Tong
Peoples’ Court
Wilbur Sheffield Jr
James Franklin Earp
Gaithersburg
A.G. Heddon
Earp
House of Correction
Glenn R. Brown
Walkersville
Alan Martin
Harry Bascom
Ohio
T. West Claggett Jr
Brown
Bascom
Charles Peters
Catonsville
Peters
Frederick
Doris Drenning
Nora B. Gravit
Doris
Gravit
John L. Ganey Jr
Frederick R.F.D
Ruth N. Ganey
William Hays van Sant
Finchville
Nathan Dorsey
van Sant
Leon Blank
Marion Dickerson
All Saints Street
Walter Rush
Roger Smith
Martin L. Kanode
Raymond Leroy Weedon
Jefferson
Charles Henry Smith
Howard Nathan Brice
Thurmont
Dorsey
John Thomas Blackston