Executed
J. W Torbett
J. W. Torbett, a 37-year-old Black man, was held at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia, and was executed in the electric chair there on February 16, 1948. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the execution as a judicial one carried out by the state. The available source gives no further details about his 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.