Deaths in Custody
Executed

Arthur Perry

25 years old · died December 9, 1938 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Arthur Perry, 25, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia, on December 9, 1938, by the State of Georgia. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the death as a judicial execution and lists it as a homicide. The record available for this account gives no further details about Perry's life, family, or the circumstances of his case.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Georgia Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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