Barry, Mary Ann (1855–1874)
Barry, Mary Ann (1855–1874)
English murderer. Born 1855 in England; hanged 1874; married Edwin Bailey (common law).
Petty thief and alcoholic, was arrested with common-law husband for murder of their 1-year-old child; in uncustomary triple execution, was hanged with husband and a man who had murdered his girlfriend (1874).
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