West Port Murders
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- 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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1. Front matter2. LIST OF PLATES.3. THE WEST PORT MURDERS.4. Trial of William Burke and Helen M‘Dougal.5. Trial of William Burke and Helen M‘Dougal. (continued 2)6. DECLARATION OF BURKE.7. VERDICT.8. SENTENCE.9. CONDUCT IN LOCK-UP-HOUSE.10. ANOTHER ACCOUNT.11. CONDUCT IN JAIL.12. HARE’S BEHAVIOUR.13. BURKE’S AND HARE’S HOUSES.14. MURDER OF MARY PATERSON.15. JANET BROWN’S STATEMENT RELATIVE TO THE MURDER OF PATERSON.16. MURDER OF “DAFT JAMIE.”17. DISCUSSIONS RELATIVE TO THE TRIAL OF HARE AND THE SOCII CRIMINUM.18. WILLIAM BURKE.19. TOWN-COUNCIL OF EDINBURGH, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21.20. CONFESSIONS OF BURKE.21. PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXECUTION.22. REMOVAL TO THE LOCK-UP-HOUSE.23. OCCURRENCES ON THE STREET.24. THE EXECUTION.25. PHRENOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF BURKE.26. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HARE.27. WILLIAM HARE.28. HARE’S APPEARANCE, &c.29. CONFESSIONS OF WILLIAM BURKE.30. OFFICIAL CONFESSIONS OF BURKE IN THE JAIL.31. HELEN M‘DOUGAL.32. MARGARET LAIRD OR HARE.