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from the sentence for good be-
havior. five days for work cred
its. and he was given credit fol
seven weeks he spent in county
Jail .ast spring awaiting trial.
/ He was given an l8-month
suspended sentence on the as
sault conviction and a general
suspended sentence on the re-
voked permit charge.
Reports Usual by Court
I No Ole could explain why the
records Of the motor vehicles
department in Baltimore had nc
ref renee to the June convic-
lions. Police said 1t was the re-
sponsibility of the Circuit Court
clerk to send traffic conviction
records to the motor vehicles de-
partment. Montgomery's Circuit
Court clerk. Clayton Watkins. is
out of town on vacation and was
not available for comment.
! The traffic records division OF
the motor vehicles department
said ordinarily it takes about a
month for county court convic-
lions to be processed and entered
on their records.
The motor vehicles depart
ment does not record arrests
unless and until they result in
a conviction or forfeiture of COL
lateral. the spokesman said. A
conviction that is appealed to
a higher court is not recorded
until the appeal is settled or
cropped.
County records show Sadler's
first Montgomery traffic arrest
occurred on July %, l949, when
he was l6, He paid fines total
ing $50 for speeding. reckless
driving and operating without a
license.
Few Months Later
( On October II Of that same
year he was arrested on charges
Of reckless driving and having
no auto registration card in his
possession. He was given a sus-
pended sentence this time, but it
was on the basis Of these l949
convictions that the motor We
hicles department revoked his
drivers license on June IA, 1850.
/ The only other entry on Sad
ler's record in Paltimore since
then. the department spokesman
said. was under date of April 7,
1853. when he was charged with
permitting automobile license
plates to be unlawfully placed
on another automobile. He for
feited $101.45 collateral on this
charge.
The spokesman said this
charge and the forfeiture were
not sufficient cause for the de-
Ipartment to deny Sadler's appli-
cation last fall for reissue OF
his drivers license. The spokes-
man would not comment when
asked what action the depart
.'ment would have taken on the
application If it had known OF
the June 8 convictions and the
Jail sentence.
! Assault Also Charged
I The reckless driving charge
that sent Sadler to Jail was
placed against him on Septem-
Der is. 1852, after he ran a cal
of Bradley boulevard, county
police records show. He also was
charged then with driving on a
revoked permit. On the next day
he was charged with assaulting
a police officer.
Since he was in the Navy al
the time, trial on these three
charges was indefinitely post
poned.
Then. on February %, 1858
while he still was in the service
he was arrested again ano
charged with driving on re-
voked permit, police records
show. He was given a 60-day
Jail sentence in police court, but
kept out of jail by appealing the
conviction.
That appeal was finally dropped
by him when police picked him
up last spring after his discharge
from the service.
Sadler had wed only last Feb
ruary. He and his wife had beer
living in an apartment at $500
Flower avenue, Takoma Park.