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Burton Franks

Name:: Burton Franks
Record Type:: Documented
Espy File Record:: true
Espy File ID:: 480578
State:: Texas
Date Execution:: 1940-06-07
Age:: 22
Gender Assigned:: Male
Race:: White
Crime Convicted of:: Robbery-Murder
Enslaved:: false
Compensation Case:: false
Execution Method:: Electrocution
Jurisdiction:: State
County:: Ellis
County FIPS Code:: 48139
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