Background
PUGH, Frederick Custer was born on December 18, 1876 in Halsey, Linn Company, Oregon, United States.
PUGH, Frederick Custer was born on December 18, 1876 in Halsey, Linn Company, Oregon, United States.
High School, Spokane, Washington, 1897. Ann Arbor Law School, 2 years.
Admitted to practice, Washington, January, 1901. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Spokane Company, January, 1905-1907. Chief Deputy, 1907-1909.
Elected Prosecuting Attorney, Spokane Company, November, 1908, served January, 1909-1911.
Presbyterian Church.
Member, Criminal Code Committee, December 1908. One of three who drafted Criminal Code, which was adopted by Washington Legislature, 1909. President, District Attys.
Association, 1909-1910. Convicted 28 mems. of I.WAV., including Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, of conspiracy in Spokane, 1910. Practiced Law, Red Bluff, California, 1921.
Elected District Attorney, Tehoma Company, California, 1922, served 1923-1927, re-elected since 1926. Conducted RootGordon Grand Jury Investigation for 9 mos., Spokane, 1909, at request of State Bar Association. As result, Judge M. A. Root, State Supreme Court, and John A. Schively, State Insurance.
Commissioner resigned. Member: Pioneer Society, Spokane Company, Washington. American and California State Bar Associations.
Spouse Sybil Ragsdale, September 9, 1904, Denver, Colorado.