Hampden County Crime-Related Newspaper Stories Springfield, Mass. April 29 1806. On Thursday last the trial of Dominick Daley and James Hallighan, for the murder of Marcus Lyon, at Wilbraham, in Nov. last, came on before the Supreme Judicial Court then fitting at Northampton. On account of the great concourse of people from that and the neighboring towns, the trial was held in the Meeting house. It commenced about nine o’clock in the morning, and continued until eleven at night, when the jury returned a verdict of guilty against each of the prisoners. Four gentlemen of the bar were assigned as counsel for the criminals; one of whom, F. Blake, Esq., of Worcester, spoke at great length and with much ability; the attention of the other gentlemen was principally directed to the examinations of witnesses. On Friday sentence of DEATH was passed on the prisoners, in a very solemn and expressive manner, by Judge Sedgwick. Daley seemed in some degree agitated, and immediately after sentence was pronounced fell upon his knees, apparently in prayer; but Hallighan, who, previous to the trial, was by many supposed much the least criminal, exhibited stronger marks of total insensibility, or obstinate and hardened wickedness, than is often witnessed. [The Centinel (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) - 1806 May 28 - submitted by Nancy Piper] 1824 A man named Daniel N. Stedman, murdered another named George Stow, on the 11th ult. At Bladford, Mass. They were at work with others, collecting timber, when Stow being rather indolent, Stedman put a snow ball into his pocket. When Stow discovered this, he was much irritated and struck Stedman one or twice across the back with a stick; which provoked the latter to inflict a blow with a lever, which terminated his adversary’s life in 24 hours. [Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) - April 7 1824 - Submitted by Nancy Piper] ©2007 Genealogy Trails