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My Experiences as an Executioner

My Experiences as an Executioner

Berry, James

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Biographies GeneralGeneral LawGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 152871900X
ISBN13: 9781528719001
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Jun 24 2021
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.35 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
My Experiences as an Executioner is a 1892 memoir by English executioner James Berry (1852-1913). Berry was most notable for his contribution to the science of hanging, refining the long drop method developed by William Marwood so as to reduce the mental and physical suffering of those hanged. In this volume, Berry offers insights into the various methods he employed as an executioner and what it was like witnessing people's final moments. Contents include: The Executioner at Home by H. Snowden Ward, How I Became an Executioner, My First Execution, My Method of Execution, Other Methods of Execution, Two Terrible Experiences, How Murderers Die, From the Murderer's Point of View, On Capital Punishment, etc. Read & Co. History is proudly republishing this classic memoir now in a brand new edition complete with the introductory essay On Anne Green, Her Execution by John Mainard.

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