The recent charge by the Hitlerite organ in Berlin, the Voelkische Beobachter, that 80 percent of the judges in Chicago are Jews is refuted by figures obtained here today which show that only 13 of the 100 jurists in all courts are Jews.
Of the four judges here on the U. S. court of appeals bench, one is a Jew. None of three judges of the U. S. district court of northern Illinois are Jews and none of the seven judges of the state supreme court are Jews. Three of the 20 circuit court judges are Jews, 3 of the 28 superior court judges are Jews, 5 of the 36 municipal court judges are Jews, the probate court judge is a Jew and no Jews are county court judges.
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