Hugo Friend
| Hugo Friend | |
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| Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois | |
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In office September 18, 1920 – April 29, 1966 |
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| Appointed by | Frank O. Lowden |
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Hugo Morris Friend July 21, 1882 Prague, Bohemia |
| Died | April 29, 1966 (aged 83) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Sadie Cohn (1920–1966; his death) |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago (undergraduate and law) |
| Occupation | Judge |
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1906 Athens | Long jump |
Hugo Morris Friend (July 21, 1882 – April 29, 1966) was an American jurist who, in his youth, competed as an athlete in the long jump and hurdles. He is best remembered as the judge who presided over the criminal trial of the Chicago Black Sox, which ended in an acquittal, but did not affect their ban from baseball.
Friend was born in Prague but came to the United States as an early age. He attended the University of Chicago beginning in 1901, where he became a track star. He was selected for the United States team for the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens and won a bronze medal.
He became a lawyer in 1908 and a judge twelve years later. He presided over the Black Sox trial in 1921, and when they were acquitted, he responded to the jubilation in the courtroom with a smile. At the time of his 1966 death, he was the oldest active member of the Cook County Circuit Court bench.
Hugo Morris Friend, who was Jewish, was born on July 21, 1882, in the city of Prague, in what was then the Austrian province of Bohemia. At an early age, he emigrated to the United States. He graduated from South Division High School in Chicago in 1901.
Friend attended the University of Chicago, where he was a track star. He twice won the Big Ten long jump championship. Friend was the captain of Chicago's Big Ten champion track team, the first time one of the university's teams had won the Big Ten Championship He was selected for the United States team for the 1906 Intercalated Games (sometimes termed the 1906 Olympic Games) in Athens. and won a bronze medal in the long jump, finishing fourth in the 100 metre hurdles. He also played football for Chicago, though never at the varsity level.
Friend received his undergraduate degree from Chicago in 1906; he continued at the university and secured his law degree in 1908.
Friend joined the Illinois Bar in 1908, and began the practice of law in Chicago. In 1916, he was appointed a Master in Chancery of the Superior Court of Cook County by Judge Albert C. Barnes. On September 18, 1920, Republican Governor Frank Lowden appointed him to the Cook County Circuit Court.
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