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George Smalls

died March 24, 1906 · Burlington County Detention Center, Burlington County, New Jersey

George Smalls was hanged in the yard of the Burlington County Prison in Mount Holly, New Jersey, on March 24, 1906. A 2019 Roadtrippers feature on the prison's history places his execution among the last carried out there, before New Jersey moved executions to Trenton. No other sources were consulted for this account.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Burlington County Prison, where the hanging took place (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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