Daley & Halligan Traditional Cache
Hidden : 8/15/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Not quite a park 'n' grab... BYOP

Dominic Daley, 34, and James Halligan, 27, were executed in Northampton on June 5, 1806, for a murder they did not commit!

While traveling from Boston to New Haven, Dominic Daley, 34, and James Halligan, 27, were arrested on November 12, 1805, after the body of Marcus Lyon was discovered in Wilbraham.  Accused of murder, they were incarcerated in Northampton while their captor received a $500 reward.  Although the Commonwealth spent five months preparing its case, Daley and Halligan were assigned defense attorneys just 48 hours before the trial.

Defense attorney Francis Blake of Worcester expressed outrage that Daley and Halligan were arrested due to ethnic and religious bigotry:  "When a crime of unexampled atrocity is perpetuated among us we look for an Irishman.." The jury deliberated only a few minutes before pronouncing a guilty verdict on the same evening the trial began. 

On St. Patrick's Day, 1984, Gov. Michael Dukakis issued a proclamation exonerating Daley and Halligan.

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