Talk:James Berry (executioner)

I would like to know the names of the family of Jaqmes Berry 89.242.193.213 17:05, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

James Berry was the son of Daniel Berry, a wool-stapler, and of Mary Ann née Kelley (Evans, p. 2). On 6 April 1874, at Horton, Bradford, he was married to Sarah Ann Ackroyd, daughter of John Ackroyd, a wool-comber (Evans p.11f). The 1881 British Census showed Berry and Sarah living at Horton with two sons: Herbert (5) and Luther (6). "It would appear that two infants had already died." (Evans, p. 16) Data from: Evans, Stewart P., Executioner. The Chronicles of James Berry, Victorian Hangman, Sutton Publishing (2004).--Kauko56 18:58, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Berry's beliefs regarding abolition of CP

I have changed the sentence that stated that "... logically would now mean ..." that he was advocating abolition. He never said this and the quote attributed to him merely states that to hang a man was a terrible wrong to the hangman, it did not advocate abolition on it's own. More statements are needed to support such a conclusionfr33kman (talk) 21:17, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

William Bury

"In his book My Experiences as an Executioner James Berry is convinced he was the one to put a final stop to the Whitechapel murders although there have always been multiple suspects." This citation is erroneous as I have read the aforementioned book by Berry in its entirety and at no point does he mention William Bury, his hanging in Dundee, the Whitechapel murders, or even Jack the Ripper. Please point me to a page number where I might find the reference, otherwise I will remove the assertion completely from the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.55.246.132 (talk) 20:12, 5 May 2011 (UTC) There is no mention of the Whitechapel murders in Berry's book My Experiences as an Executioner. Sufinv (talk) 04:52, 2 July 2011 (UTC)--Sufinv (talk) 04:52, 2 July 2011 (UTC)