# Jim Browner — The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes character guide

> Jim Browner in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Jim, this Jim Browner, Browner, James Browner, Steady old Jim

**First appearance:** 0001-the-cardboard-box

## Who they are

A steady, good-natured sailor whose devotion to his wife curdles into a jealousy so corrosive it drives him to a crime he confesses without flinching.

## Relationships

### [Sherlock Holmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/sherlock_holmes)

_rivalry_

Jim Browner is a murderer and antagonist whom Holmes pursues and ultimately brings to justice.

### [Sarah Cushing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/sarah_cushing)

_psychological_

Jim Browner is Sarah Cushing's brother-in-law, and he manipulates and terrorizes her in a fit of jealous rage.

### [Sherlock Holmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/sherlock_holmes)

_rivalry_

Jim Browner is a murderer and antagonist whom Holmes pursues and ultimately brings to justice.

### [Sarah Cushing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/sarah_cushing)

_psychological_

Jim Browner is Sarah Cushing's brother-in-law, and he manipulates and terrorizes her in a fit of jealous rage.

### [Sherlock Holmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/sherlock_holmes)

_rivalry_

Jim Browner is a murderer and antagonist whom Holmes pursues and ultimately brings to justice.

## In the story

### [The Cardboard Box](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-cardboard-box)

Identified by Holmes as the murderer; a steward of a Liverpool boat.

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