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Alfred Packer

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In 1883, Judge Gerry reportedly sentenced Alfred Packer for murder in connection with cannibalism, saying, "Stand up you man-eatin' son of a bitch, stand up. They wuz seven Demmy-crats in Hinsdale County, and you et five of 'em. I sentence you to be hanged by the neck until you are dead, dead, dead."
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