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Circuit Court Judge Albert Porter passes at 90 | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Albert Sylvester Porter, Jr., retired Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, passed away at his home in the Beverly neighborhood on Tuesday, January 5, at age 90. Judge Porter was born in Laurel, Mississippi, on December 15, 1930. Porter’s father, Albert Sr., made his way north to Chicago, and later sent for his […]

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