Evening star., 1952-12-06
DC. Band Leader Get!
.1-to-5-Year Term on
Marihuana Charges

A Washington band leader wa.
sentenced yesterday to serve from
l to 5 years on marihuana charges
He is James M. Cuthbert, 81, o1
the 100 block Of Missouri avenue
NV, who formerly led a band Al
the Penguin Club, in the 120(
block of Eleventh street Sc. Sen.
tence was by Judge Edward A
Tamm of the us. District Court
for the District of Columbia.
Cuthbert had pleaded guilty tt
two marihuana charges in a mul.
tiple-count indictment which ac-
icused him of transferring and re.
celving marihuana on which ne
tax was paid.
Judge Tamm ordered the revo.
cation. Of probation previously
given Cuthbert on a two-year SEN
tence in Florida. Judge Tamm
then ordered Cuthbert to begin
serving the new sentence, afte,
finishing time on the Florida SEN
tence. Cuthbert was arrested here
last February.
Narcotic Seller Sentence.
Several persons were sentenced
for narcotic law violations. Amone
them was John w. Leach. 20
colored. of the 1900 block of Mar
ion court NV. who was given
from to 3 years by Judge Ed
ward M. Curran for selling a mar
cotic. Judge Curran ordered the
sentence to run consecutively with
a 2-to-8-year sentence for mar
cotic law violations Leach had
been given previously.
Others sentenced on narcotic
charges included:
Albert Brooke, 20, of the zoo
block of F street NV, who was
given from 8 months to 2 years
by Judge Burnita Shelton Mat
thews: Margaret Shorter, q, COL
ored. of the 900 block of o street
NV. l to 4 years from Judge
Matthews; Mabel Prue, 38, colored
of the 1900 block of Harrison
avenue Sc, to 3 years by Judge
Tamm, and Ann Simcoe, Al, COL
ored, of the 400 block of N street
NV. IS months to years by
Judge Tamm.
A number Of other persons were
given long prison terms for a vari-
ETY. Of offenses.
Sentenced in Embezzling.
Robert F. Mall, %, of the 17oC
block Of M street NV. was given
from 10 to 80 months for EN-.
bezzling $4,000 from the State
Department Federal Credit Union
while employed by it as teller
Sentence was by Judge Matthews
Mrs. Marsha L. Patterson, SO
colored. of the 700 block of Quebec
place NV. was given from 21a to
.772 years for attempting an abor-
tion on a 40-year-old colorec
woman, causing the victims death
She was given the time by Judge
Matthews.
Robert w. Miller, Al, of the
600 block Of I street NV. was
given from 4 to is years by Judge
David A. Pine for assault with
intent to commit carnal knowl-
edge involving a 14-year-old girl
Mack G. Moore. 20, colored, OF
the 600 block of Lamont street
NV. was given from 4 to 10 years
by Judge Matthews for carnal
knowledge involving a 12-year-old
colored girl.
Sentenced in Staying.
Len Fran Cole, 80, colored. OF
the first block of Logan Circle
NV. was given from 4 to 13 years
for manslaughter for the fatal
cutting of Jesse Shamblin, SO. COL
|ored. Sentence was by Judge
James r. Kirkland.
Judge Kirkland ordered a o.
year-old woman to go back to her
home in Staunton, Va. He placed
her on probation, after suspending
a sentence of from l to 3 years for
forgery, to which she had pleaded
guilty. She is Miss Verna H. Less
ley, who lived here in the 140O
block Of Sixteenth street NV.
Two young men were given from
3 to 8 years each for several
housebreakings. They are Leroy
Brown, jr., 19, of the 400 block
Of Twelfth street NE. and Eugene
M. Jones. 81. of the 200 block of
Warren street NE, both colored.
Sentence was by Judge Tamm.
Kenneth A. Walker, 10, a Ma
rine, who was stationed in North
Carolina, and William Branham,
20, of the 400 block of Third street