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Alton Paris

Name:: Alton Paris
Record Type:: Documented
Espy File Record:: true
Espy File ID:: 480686
State:: Texas
Date Execution:: 1952-12-02
Age:: 60
Gender Assigned:: Male
Race:: Black
Crime Convicted of:: Murder
Enslaved:: false
Compensation Case:: false
Execution Method:: Electrocution
Jurisdiction:: State
County:: Anderson
County FIPS Code:: 48001
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