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Benjamin Willis

Name:: Benjamin Willis
Record Type:: Documented
Espy File Record:: true
Espy File ID:: 90060
State:: Connecticut
Date Execution:: 1898-12-30
Age:: 21
Gender Assigned:: Male
Race:: White
Crime Convicted of:: Robbery-Murder
Enslaved:: false
Compensation Case:: false
Execution Method:: Hanging
Jurisdiction:: State
County:: Fairfield
County FIPS Code:: 09001
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