"chief" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- His career lasted from 1928 to 1937, during which he carried out 3 hangings as a chief executioner and assisted at 14 others.
- His first action as chief executioner came on 23 November 1932.
- When Desfourneaux died in 1951, Obrecht wrote to the ministry of Justice, proposing his candidature as chief executioner.
- Marcel Chevalier served as chief executioner.
- The other was the slaying of Albert Anastasia, chief executioner of Murder Inc., in 1957.
- He was rejoined as first assistant in 1945 by Obrecht, who, despite his increasing dislike of Desfourneaux, could see a potential future as chief executioner looming.
- He married the chief executioner's daughter Maria, and eventually became chief executioner after his father-in-law.
- His career lasted from 1932 to 1941, during which he carried out 4 hangings as a chief executioner and assisted at 20 others.
- He was finally promoted in 1940 and carried out his first job as chief executioner on 31 July 1940.
- After his appointment as chief executioner, on 1 October 1976, he executed only two people.
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