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James Berry (8 February 1852 – 21 October 1913) was an English executioner from 1884 until 1891. Berry was born in Heckmondwike in the West Riding of Yorkshire , where his father worked as a wool-stapler .
James Berry (major-general) (died 1691), Parliamentary major-general who fought in the English Civil War; James Berry (executioner) (1852–1913), English executioner, 1884–1891; James Berry (surgeon) (1860–1946), British surgeon; Jim Berry, president of the United States Chess Federation; Jim Berry (news anchor) (born c. 1955), Miami news ...
On 23 February 1885, three attempts were made to carry out Lee's execution at Exeter Prison.All ended in failure, as the trapdoor of the scaffold failed to open despite being carefully tested by the executioner, James Berry, beforehand.
September 16, 1828 (executioner executed January 19, 1829) slave Felício (nicknamed: "Farinha Sêca") February 4, 1832 slave Francisco: April 5, 1838 (executioner executed September 5, 1838) nicknamed "Macota" active in 1844
Robert Baxter (executioner) James Berry (executioner) James Billington (executioner) John Billington (executioner) Thomas Billington (executioner) William Billington; Bartholomew Binns; Solomon Blay; James Botting; Richard Brandon; George Brown (executioner)
William Marwood influenced James Berry, a retired police officer and friend, to take up the role of hangman. During his time Berry improved upon William Marwood's technique of the long drop . Marwood was one of two executioners to give their name to the character of the hangman in the British Punch and Judy puppet show ( Jack Ketch being the ...
James Berry – executioner who hanged 131 people, born in Heckmondwike [2]; Tracy Brabin – television writer, television, film & theatre actor, politician; born in Batley and attended Heckmondwike Grammar School.
Nevertheless, the executioner James Berry promoted the idea that Bury was the Ripper. [68] Berry did not include Bury or the Ripper in his memoirs, My Experiences as an Executioner , [ 82 ] but Ernest A. Parr, a journalist in the Suffolk town of Newmarket , wrote to the Secretary of State for Scotland on 28 March 1908 that Berry "told me ...