Jury Convicts Drug User in 20-Minute Circuit Trial
George Dorsey reports a Frederick County jury deliberated about 20 minutes Friday before convicting Clarence Daniel Duckett 21, of South Market Street, of distributing heroin and keeping a common nuisance. Six narcotics charges remain, sentencing deferred for a pre sentence report.
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George Dorsey
Samuel Barrick
Clarence Daniel Duckett
South Market Street
Duckett
Tpr
Joseph Kelly
Frederick
Kelly
Speedier Trials Adopted in Frederick County Circuit Court
Frederick County Circuit Court unveils a faster system to grant speedy hearings within 48 hours of arrest. Defendants held in jail attend Monday, Wednesday, and Friday sessions at 9 30 a.m. to be informed of rights and the option to be arraigned and tried in Circuit Court immediately on a criminal information. The new method bypasses the usual two month delay by allowing speedy information and immediate trial, or retain traditional preliminary hearing and Grand Jury route.
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Frederick County
Robert FE. Clapp Jr
Frederick man gets two eight year terms for heroin sales
Frank Raymond Hoy, 28, of South Market Street, was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Samuel W. Barrick to two concurrent eight year terms for selling heroin to undercover state police agents on August 27 and September 18 at the Soui Brother's Lounge. The judge noted local drug cases rising and the pre sentencing report cited Hoy as a small scale supplier who provided heroin in Frederick.
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Duckett
Tpr
Kelly
South Market Street
Dorothy May Boyd
Yvonne
Thomas) Boyce
Joseph Wilson Parker
St. John’s
Boyd
Soul Brothers
Baltimore
Frederick
Circcuit Court
Samuel W. Barrick
Frank Raymond Hoy
Hoy
Soui Brother
Robert Rothenhoefer
Department of Parole and Probation
Barrick
Vitamin C Testing For Cold Prevention At Maryland Prison
The University of Maryland Medical School will run a month long randomized trial with 40 prisoner volunteers at Maryland House of Corrections in Jessup to test if large daily doses of Vitamin C prevent the common cold. Half receive ascorbic acid while half receive placebo. researchers and participants remain unaware of allocations until after the study. The effort follows public debate sparked by Linus Pauling's claim that 1 to 4 grams daily can prevent and cure colds.
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Baltimore
University of Maryland Medical School
Maryland House of Corrections
Jessup, Md
Medical School
Infectious Disease Research Unit
Linus Pauling
Lished
Narcotic Sale Charges Dropped in Frederick County Case
The state dropped charges of attempting to sell narcotics against two men after lab tests showed the substances were not narcotic. Leo William Ingram, 19, and Errol Nathaniel Allen, 25, had been charged with attempting to distribute cocaine and heroin respectively. Circuit Court Judge Samuel Barrick also ordered probation revocation for Gary Lee Millberry, 25, to serve 18 months in prison. John Thomas Harp, 19, received 18 months with sentence suspended and placed on probation for burglary and robbery. A trial for Donald Hunter Myers, 38, is set for Feb. 25.
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Robert Rothenhoefer
Samuel Barrick
Leo William Ingram
Carver Apartments
Errol Nathaniel Allen
West All Saints Street
Frederick County
Barrick
Gary Lee Millberry
Buckeystown
Department of Parole and Probation
John Thomas Harp
East Fifth Street
Leo Hough
Robert James Hamilton
William Leckemby
Donald Hunter Myers
Frederick
Couple Sentenced For Bad Checks To Support Heroin Habit
Milton Offord and Beverly Offord faced prison terms after pleading guilty to six counts of cashing bad checks tied to their $65 daily heroin habit. Judge Barrick imposed 18 months per count on Mrs Offord and concurrent 6 to 12 month terms on Milton, citing prior record and introducing heroin use. The state lacked funds for a needed rehabilitation center.
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Milton Lewis Offord
Phobus Avenue
Beverly Marie
Bowie) Offord
Samuel W. Barrick
Maryland
Robert Rothenhoefer
Offords
Offord
Frederick County
Sheriff Department
Barrick
Milton
New Market Fire Company Gets 2 500 Gallon Tanker
The New Market Volunteer Fire Co placed a 2 500 gallon tank truck in service at its annual banquet. Chief Robert Windsor Jr reported 84 fire calls 16 accident calls and 3 auto fires with 1 583 miles traveled and 1 839 1 2 man hours expended. The tanker from Allsafe Fire Equipment Co cost 8 500 dollars. About 125 people attended and flowers were sent to Allen Kinsey at Walter Reed Hospital.
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New Market Volunteer Fire Co
Robert 8. Windsor Jr
Allsafe Fire Equipment Co
Hagerstown
Charles Cline Jr
Charles W. Wood
Ronald L. Harshman
Robert Windsor
Donald Wachter
Jerry Shanks
Larry Loveland
David
Edward M. McClain
John E. Williams
Ralph L. Brachear
Ray C. Etzler
Cline
William H. Browning
Franklin Smith
W. Earl Ridgley
James R. Hahn
Allen Kinsey
Walter Reed Hospital
Two 15 year old boys sentenced for assault at Victor Cullen
Two 15 year old former inmates at Victor Cullen School for Boys, Michael Gerard Roane and Michael Bryant, were sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Samuel W. Barrick to 18 months in prison for assault and battery on another inmate. Juvenile Court had waived jurisdiction on the assault and battery count and on a charge of unnatural and perverted sexual practice, later dropped when the victim declined to testify. The judge noted the difficulty of placing youths in the adult system, but stated there was no other choice.
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Victor Cullen School
Michael Gerard Roane
Baltimore
Michael Bryant
Samuel W. Barrick
Barrick
Mule offspring of a don key and a mare described
The mule, offspring of a donkey and a mare, is cited as the most useful of animal hybrids.
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Cleopatra Campbell
Miss Boyd
Joseph Robert Ballard
Robert Willard House
Alvin R. Watkins Jnr
Portia L. Hutton
George F. Brandenburg
Mary Jane O’leary
Mary Virginia Butcher
Bernice R. Devilbiss
Arthur Fred Kirstein
Roger Irving Albaugh
Richard Allen Miller
Ruth Irene McKenzie
Mars Opticians
West Second Street
Lamuuprove
Bprner Benz
Jackie Danko
Y.M.C.A
WMHI
Dan Wilson
Vy.m.ca
Aphive
New Market Fire Company
C. Oscar Baker
State Association
Thomas L. Reynolds
Floyd B. Heimer
Charles B. Burton
Roy L. Wood
Melvin F. Schwearing
James C. Robertson
Joseph R. Bachtler
Walter Long
Association
Charles N. Ringer
Haggerstown
P. Paul Lochary
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F Arst Paint Center, Inc
Frederick, Maryland
Stone Appliance Service
Montgomery County
General Electric
Hotpoint
COAL
Hillside Coal & Oil Co
Water St. MO
Coblentz & Smith, Inc
J. Vernon Coblentz
Robert J. Smith
Court Street
Karastan
E. Patrick
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