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Chris Rafferty

Name:: Chris Rafferty
Record Type:: Documented
Espy File Record:: true
Espy File ID:: 170069
State:: Illinois
Date Execution:: 1874-02-27
Date Crime:: 1872-08-05
Age:: 25
Gender Assigned:: Male
Race:: White
Crime Convicted of:: Murder
Enslaved:: false
Compensation Case:: false
Execution Method:: Hanging
Jurisdiction:: State
County:: Cook
County FIPS Code:: 17031
Notes:: Different counties listed. Reference says execution happened in Cook County and Big Index says Lake County (Waukegan).
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