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Born in Birmingham , England , Abrahams competed for Cambridge University from 1904 to 1906 . At the un-official Olympiad, the 1906 ' Intercalated Games ' held in Athens, he finished fifth in the Long Jump with 6.21 Metres . At the 1912 Stockholm Olympics he finished in eleventh place in the same event with 6.72 metres. At the 1913 Amateur Athletic Association Championships in London , he won the long jump with 6.86 metres. {Link without Title} Abrahams served as Chief Justice of Ceylon from 1936 - 1939 . The most celebrated case he presided over was that of the Australian Mark Anthony Bracegirdle , whom the British Colonial Governor Sir Reginald Stubbs was attempting to have Deported illegally; the court ruled against the Governor. He was founder-president of the Medico-Legal Society Of Ceylon . Sidney Abrahams chaired a Committee on the Administration of Justice in Nigeria . He was later Senior Legal Assistant to the Commonwealth Relations Office , and played a major role in the suspension of the People's Progressive Party Government of Cheddi Jagan in British Guiana (Guyana) in 1953 . He was elected president of Britain's oldest athletic club, the London Athletic Club founded in 1863 . Abrahams was the first Jew to hold the post. Abrahams married Ruth Bowman( 19?? - 198? ) in 19?? . They had two children, Valerie and {Link without Title} . REFERENCES
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