Michael McMahon - 15th person hanged at Maitland Gaol
Episode description
Michael McMahon was the 15th person hanged at Maitland Gaol on the 12th December 1871, for the murder of John Jones at Hall’s Creek.
A magisterial enquiry was held at Denman, on the 8th of June, 1871, before G. A. F. Kibble, Esq, J P , touching the death of a man named John Jones, who was found dead under his dray, near Hall's Creek, on the 7th June.
-At nine o clock on Tuesday morning, 12th December 1871, the convict Michael M'Mahon (or Mannion, as he called himself) was executed in Maitland gaol, in pursuance of the sentence passed upon him at the October sittings of the Maitland Circuit Court, where he was convicted before Mr. Justice Cheeke of the wilful murder of a man named John Jones, at Hall's Creek, on the 6th June last.
References:
Trove newspapers:- https:trove.nla.gov.au
Further detailed account of execution - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/103920729?searchTerm=Michael%20McMahon#
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