West Port Murders Or an Authentic Account of the Atrocious Murders Committed by Burke and His Associates; Containing a Full Account of All the Extraordinary Circumstances Connected With Them. Also, a Report of the Trial of Burke and M'Dougal. With a Description of the Execution of Burke, His Confessions, and Memoirs of His Accomplices, Including the Proceedings Against Hare, &c.
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About this eBook
- Author
- Anonymous
- Original Publication
- United Kingdom: Thos Ireland Jun.,1829.
- Credits
- Brian Coe, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare
- Subject
- Trials (Murder) -- Scotland -- Edinburgh
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 67416
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67416
- Release Date
- February 16, 2022
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.WEST PORT MURDERS; OR AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE ATROCIOUS MURDERS COMMITTED BY BURKE AND HIS ASSOCIATES; CONTAINING A FULL ACCOUNT OF ALL THE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH THEM. ALSO, A REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF BURKE AND M‘DOUGAL. WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE EXECUTION OF BURKE, HIS CONFESSIONS, AND MEMOIRS OF HIS ACCOMPLICES, INCLUDING THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HARE, &c.
- 2.CONTENTS. — LIST OF PLATES.
- 3.THE WEST PORT MURDERS.
- 4.Trial of William Burke and Helen M‘Dougal. — LIST OF WITNESSES. — MARY STEWART Examined . — CHARLES M‘LAUCHLAN Examined . — WILLIAM NOBLE Examined . — ANNE BLACK or CONNAWAY Examined . — Cross-Examined by Sir J. W. Moncrieff, Dean of Faculty. — By a Juryman. — JANET LAWRIE or (Law) Examined . — Cross-Examined. — HUGH ALSTON Examined . — Cross-Examined. — Re-examined. — By the Jury. — ELIZABETH PATERSON, Examined . — DAVID PATERSON, Examined . — JOHN BROGGAN Examined . — Mrs GRAY Examined . — Cross-Examined by Sir James Moncrieff. — By the Court . — JAMES GRAY, Labourer, Husband of the foregoing Witness, Examined . — By the Court . — Cross-Examined. — GEORGE M‘CULLOCH Examined . — JOHN FISHER, Examined . — Cross-Examined. — WILLIAM HARE (or HAIRE) Examined . — Cross-examined by Mr. Cockburn . — Hare recalled. — MRS. HAIRE or HARE Examined . — Mrs. Hare Cross-examined by the Dean of Faculty . — Dr. BLACK, Examined . — DR. CHRISTISON, Examined . — DECLARATION OF BURKE. — VERDICT. — SENTENCE. — CONDUCT IN LOCK-UP-HOUSE. — ANOTHER ACCOUNT. — CONDUCT IN JAIL. — HARE’S BEHAVIOUR. — BURKE’S AND HARE’S HOUSES. — MURDER OF MARY PATERSON. — JANET BROWN’S STATEMENT RELATIVE TO THE MURDER OF PATERSON. — MURDER OF “DAFT JAMIE.” — DISCUSSIONS RELATIVE TO THE TRIAL OF HARE AND THE SOCII CRIMINUM . — Edinburgh Advertiser. — The Caledonian Mercury. — Edinburgh Advertiser. — Edinburgh Observer. — The Caledonian Mercury. — WILLIAM BURKE. — TOWN-COUNCIL OF EDINBURGH, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21. — CONFESSIONS OF BURKE. — PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXECUTION. — REMOVAL TO THE LOCK-UP-HOUSE. — OCCURRENCES ON THE STREET. — THE EXECUTION. — PHRENOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF BURKE. — Measurement. — Development. — PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HARE. — WILLIAM HARE. — HARE’S APPEARANCE, &c. — CONFESSIONS OF WILLIAM BURKE. — OFFICIAL CONFESSIONS OF BURKE IN THE JAIL. — HELEN M‘DOUGAL. — MARGARET LAIRD OR HARE. — FOOTNOTES:
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