My Experiences as an Executioner - The chronicles of James Berry, Victorian era hangman who executed one hundred and thirty one felons including five women in eight yrs, he says he was in it for the money and was paid £10.00 per hanging £5.00 if the condemned man or woman got a last minute reprieve - Upgoat

My Experiences as an Executioner - The chronicles of James Berry, Victorian era hangman who executed one hundred and thirty one felons including five women in eight yrs, he says he was in it for the money and was paid £10.00 per hanging £5.00 if the condemned man or woman got a last minute reprieve
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My brother,—Sit and think,
While yet some hours on earth are left to thee;
Kneel to thy God, who does not from thee shrink,
And lay thy sins on Christ, who died for thee.

He rests His wounded hand
With loving kindness, on thy sin-stained brow,
And says—“Here at thy side I ready stand,
To make thy scarlet sins as white as snow.

“I did not shed My blood
For sinless angels, good and pure and true;
For hopeless sinners flowed that crimson flood,
My heart’s blood ran for you, my son, for you.

“Though thou hast grieved me sore,
My arms of mercy still are open wide,
I still hold open Heaven’s shining door,
Come then—take refuge in My wounded side.

“Men shun thee—but not I,
Come close to me—I love my erring sheep.
My blood can cleanse thy sins of blackest dye,
I understand, if thou canst only weep.”

Words fail thee—never mind,
Thy Saviour can read e’en a sigh, or tear;
I came, sin-stricken heart, to heal and bind,
And died to save thee—to My heart thou’rt dear.

Come now—the time is short,
Longing to pardon and to bless, I wait;
Look up to Me, My sheep so dearly bought,
And say, “forgive me, e’er it is too late.”

“For one under Sentence of Death,” lines which Mr. Berry had for a long time sent to the chaplain in every case where a sentence to death was to be carried out, with a request that they should be read to the prisoner. Gutenberg.

Links ..

Full Text pdf.

James Berry, Celebrity Executioner.

The Fascinating Life of Executioner James Berry.

Peter Harrington - James Berry, My Experiences as an Executioner.

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[ - ] MartinTimothy [op] 1 point 2.7 yearsMar 1, 2022 01:53:12 ago (+1/-0)*

In time honored serial killer fashion James Berry kept mementos of those he had hanged, including photographic portraits and locks of hair he had clipped from their dead bodies .. Google.

[ - ] RecycledElectrons 0 points 2.7 yearsMar 1, 2022 07:24:12 ago (+0/-0)

Interesting data on how to execute someone by hanging in:
CHAPTER IV. My Method of Execution. CALCULATIONS AND APPARATUS.

[ - ] deleted 0 points 2.7 yearsMar 1, 2022 12:41:45 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] Garbalon 1 point 2.7 yearsMar 2, 2022 14:16:16 ago (+1/-0)

That's 5 POUNDS and in those days it was plenty.

[ - ] Garbalon 0 points 2.7 yearsMar 1, 2022 22:02:34 ago (+0/-0)

I read his book in high school. Seriously.

[ - ] MartinTimothy [op] 0 points 2.7 yearsMar 2, 2022 01:20:41 ago (+0/-0)

In England they have what is known as the public hangman who has to perform all the executions. This man held that appointment and he told me later that he believed that when he performed the execution of men who had committed murder, that the demon power that was in them would come upon him and that in consequence he was possessed with a legion of demons. https://www.wiki.en-us.nina.az/James_Berry_(executioner).html#Early_life

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