Trial of William Burke and Helen M'Dougal : before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on Wednesday, December 24. 1828, for the murder of Margery Campbell, or Docherty / Taken in short hand by Mr John Macnee, writer. With an illustrative preface.

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1829
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Credit: Trial of William Burke and Helen M'Dougal : before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on Wednesday, December 24. 1828, for the murder of Margery Campbell, or Docherty / Taken in short hand by Mr John Macnee, writer. With an illustrative preface. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Page 12. James Gray .5 79 13. John M'Culloch ... 82 14. John Fisher ..... 85 15. William Hare, socius criminis ... 87 OBJECTION AND DERATE ON HARE BEING QUESTIONED AS TO HIS CONCERN IN OTHER MURDERS. Lord Meadowbank ... 96 Mr Henry Cockburn ..... 97 The Dean of Faculty ..... 99 The Lord Justice-Clerk . . . . 100 Lord Meadowbank ... . ib. Lord Mackenzie . . . . . 103 The Lord Justice-Clerk . . . .104 The Lord Advocate . . . . ib. Interlocutor of the Court . . . ]05 William Hare (his examination concluded) . . ib. 16. Mary Laird, or Hare, socius criminis . . . . Ill 17. Alexander Black (Surgeon of Police) . . . . 118 18. Robert Christison, M. D. (Professor of Medical Jurispru- dence) 12Q Burke's First Declaration, 3d November 1828 ' . 124 Second Declaration, 10th November 1828 . . 127 M'Dougal's First Declaration, 3d November 1828 . 130 -L-i Second Declaration, 10th November 1828 . 133 The Lord Advocate's Address to the Jury . . ib. The Dean of Faculty's Address to the Jury in defence of Burke 150 Mr Henry Cockburn's Address to the Jury in defence of M'Dougal . . . .173 The Lord Justice Clerk's Charge to the Jury . . 185 Verdict of the Jury . . . . 194 Lord Meadowbank's Address to the Court, on proposing sentence 195 The Lord Justice Clerk's Address to the prisoner Burke, on pro- nouncing sentence of Death against him . . 198 Sentence . . . . . . .199 The Lord Justice Clerk's Address to M'Dougal, before dismiss- ing her from the Bar .... 200