Podcasts True Crime Morpeth Moments Maitland Executions by Hanging - Part 3 - William Hayes and Benjamin Cott

Maitland Executions by Hanging - Part 3 - William Hayes and Benjamin Cott

Published: Sept. 16, 2020, 6:52 a.m.

William Hayes was indicted for the willful murder of Benjamin Cott, at Dagworth, on the 13th November, 1850, by beating and wounding him with a certain blunt instrument, whereof the said Benjamin Cott instantly died. William Hayes was hanged at Maitland Gaol on the 25th April 1851.... but there is more to this story.

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