Evening star., 1940-03-15
Appointments
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Bradshaw, also native of Washing
ton. They have daughter, Eliza
beth Carr Pine, 16.
He is an Episcopalian, Mason, a
member of the District of Columbia
and the American Bar Associations,
the Metropolitan Club, Delta Theta
Phi legal fraternity and the Bar
risters' Club, of which he has been
president, The Pines live at 1925
Nicholson street NV.
Curran Succeeds Schuldt.
II am very greatful for the con-
fldence placed in me by the Attorney
General and the President" Judge
Curran said following his nomina-
ton. Il shall do my utmost to per-
form my duties with the best Of my
ability"
Judge Curran, who first came to
the District as a student at Catho-
lie University in 1924 from Bangor,
Me-, was appointed by President
Roosevelt to the Police Court bench
on March II, 1886. succeeding Judge
Gus A Schuldt. He is SO years old.
He was elevated to the bench
from the post of assistant corpora
ton counsel of the District, in
which he had served for three years.
During the last two years of his
service with the city's legal staff,
to which he was named by Corpora
ton Counsel w. W. Bride, he was
recognized as the leading trial law
yer of the staff.
Prior to going with the corpora
ton counsels Office, he practiced
law with Milton w. King, following
his schooling at Catholic and
Georgetown Universities. For several
years he taught law at Catholic and
at Columbus Universities.
Judge Curran was graduated from
the University of Maine before COM
ing to the District, and received his
early education in the public and
parochial schools of Bangor, his
birthplace. He is the son of Michael
Joseph and Agnes Curran.
He is a Democrat and an honorary
member of Gamma Eta Cana and a
member of Phi Kappa Fraternity.
Always "Good Copy"
Judge Curran had almost two
more years to the day before COM
pleting his six-year team on the
Police Court bench. He received
$1,000 yearly as a Judge and will re-
ceive $4,000 annually as district
attorney.
Prematurely gray, Judge Curran il
a faultless dresser. Almost from the
day he was appointed to Police
Court bench, he has consistently
made what newsmen call "gooc
copy" Three weeks after taking the
oath of Office, he dismissed on Goot
Friday 40 penitent drunks on thu
promise they would go to church ane
"spend at least Is minutes being
sorry"
Judge Curran, active in the city.
civic life, was awarded a citation fol
the most distinguished service" o,
any young man in the District, IL
1887 by the Junior Board of Com.
merce. He is a member Of ths
Prison Industries Reorganization
Advisory Committee.
Judge Curran married Miss Kath,
crime Cecilia Hand Of Washington
in 1884, and they have three daugh'
ters, Eileen, Mary Catherine ans
Anne Elizabeth. The family lives o
6607 Western avenue NV.
| Urged Behavior Clinic.
Long an advocate Of reform II
judicial processes, Judge Curran ha.
consistently pointed to the need tol
behavior clinic to advise jurist'
on sentencing convicted criminals
The clinic would be composed Of &
| staff OF physicians, including =
psych1atrist to diagnose the charac'
ters Of criminals.
On the first day he served II
traffic branch Of Police Court, Judg'
Curran showed his insistence OF
exactness In matters Of the law. 4
colored man had been charged witt
four minor offenses instead Of tn