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Subject:	Re: Virginia Executions
From:	"Mary L. Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 18 Dec 2000 09:25:35 -0600
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Byron Grizzle wrote:
>
> I'm a graduate student, researching capital punishment in Tennessee from
> 1877 to 1941.  I'm ran across a newspaper article from October 1895 that
> creates a problem.  The Nashville Semi-Weekly American of October 14, 1895
> describes the execution of Kit Leftwich, a black man, at Bristol.  While
> the article does a fine job of describing the circumstances of the
> execution, it omits a basic fact:  Bristol, TN or Bristol VA?
>
> I've checked the resources available to me (Watt Espy's execution database,
> as well as the web-enabled sources on Virginia executions).  Could anyone
> tell me if this execution occurred under Virginia or Tennessee statute?
>
> I appreciate any assistance.
>
> Byron Grizzle
> MA Candidate
> Middle Tennessee State University
>
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