James Brown, GA, 1947 June 17

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LARSE CARD
BROWN, James

RY cot peruted. Georgia State Prison ( Screven County) on
June 17 9 197 ©

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old Statesboro Negro, the the electric whair in Tatthall

State prison on June is 1917, less than six weeks pace
—he had attacked ren :

ing an escape coon tie panies Garey Pubic Werke anes
The Negro escaped from the Bulloch County camp about noon
on May 7. A few hours later he attacked a woman whose —-— |
truck he had commandeered, Abandoning the truck and a
leaving his oie: in a roadside aitch, he attacked ano=

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tried and sentenced ee death in t the Sinenien oe s ae
vester on May 22, He died at 11325 AM.
ATLANTA JOURNAL, June17, 191.7, No appeal

LARTE CARD
BROWN, James

Electrocuted, Georgia State Prison ( Screven County) on
June 17, 19,7.

—"Swiftly—moving-Seorgia justice ted-James—Bro
old Statesboro Negro, the the electric whair in *ratthall

State prison on June 17, 197, less than six weeks after
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two-white-women—in Screven County foliow-

ing an escape from the Bulloch County Public Works cam,

The Negro escaped from the Bulloch County camp about noon

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on. May ee A few at h ttaeck

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& Lew Hours Laver ne atvtvackea a-women whese

truck he had commandeered, Abandoning the truck and
leaving his victim in a roadside ditch, he attacked ano-
man—and.

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-was captured a few minutes le
tried and sentenced to death in the Superior court at Syl-

| vester on May 22, He died at 11:25 AM.
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BROWN, James :
| Electrocuted, Georgia State Prison ( Screven County) on _

"swiftly moving-Georgia justice -led-James~Brown,-25=year=
old Statesboro Negro, the the electric ehair in Tatthall |

State See on June A 7, 19L,7 le less than six peeres ci
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ae an escape on the Bulloch County Public Works cam,

The Negro escaped from the Bulloch County camp about noon
on May 7, A few hours Later he attacked a woman- whose —|

truck he had Abandoning tye truck and
leaving his victim in a roadside ditch, he attacked ano-

trea and aentaneea el death in the pueciaey court at Syl-

wester on May 22, He died at 11:25 AM.
| ATLANTA JOURNAL, June.17,-191)?,—No-appeal______——

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