Deaths in Custody
Executed

James Ervin

38 years old · died May 19, 1939 · Huntsville Prison, Walker County, Texas

James Ervin, 38, was executed by the State of Texas in the electric chair at the state penitentiary in Huntsville (now the Huntsville Unit) on May 19, 1939.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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