Star.
London, England, 1828-12-29 00:00:00

HIGH COURT OF 3UsTICIARY.

THE LATE HORRIBLE AIURDF.RS IN EDINBURGH,
TO 0 BTA I N SUBJECTS FOR DISSECTION.
(Abridged from the Edinburgh Courant of Thursday.)
The High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, rt..
ceeded on Wednesday to the trial of William Burke
and Helen 111411ougal, indicted for murder. No trial
that teas taken place for a number of years past has ex •
cited such an unusual and intense interest; all the door s
and passages to the Court were besieged at an early
hour, before day-light, and it was with the great-st dif-
sficolty, and by the utmo t exertions of a large body of
police, that admission could he procured for those who
fasele cor.oected with the proceedings. The Judges pre-
sent wtre she Loan Juarcs CLaaa, Lord PITMILLY,
Lord MEAD.WBANE, and Lord MACKENZIE.
The indictment charged the prisoners with murder. The .first
charge preferred against Burke accused him of having, in the math
of March. April, or May, 182$, in khans, in Gibbs' Close. in the
Cannongate, in Edinburgh. murdered Mary Paterson or Mitcheor
11,
by placing or laying his body or person, or part thereof, over
upon the breast or person and face of Mary Paterson, when she was
lying in the said house in a state of inttnication. It then went on
to charge bins, that by the pressure thereokand by covering her
mouth and nose with his body or person, and forcibly compressing
her tbrQat with his hands, and keeping her down, notwithstanding
her resistance, or in some other wry to the prosecutor unknown,
preventing her from breathing, did suffocate or strangle her; and
this the in ,ictment charged him with doing. with the wicked afore+
thought intent of disposing of or selling the body to a physician or
surgeon, or some person in the employment of a physician or sur-
geon, as a subject for dissection.
The second count charged Burke with having, in September,
October, or November, 1828, in a house in Tanners' Close, Ports-
burgh, or Western Portsburgh, in or near Edinburgh, attached
and assaulted James Wilson, commonly called Daft Jaiirie. by
leaping or throwing himself upon him, when the said James Wil-
son was lying in the said house, and that he having sprung up,
Burke did struggle with him, and did bring him to the ground, and
by laying his body or petsor; across Wilson's face, and by compres-
sing his mouth, nose, and throat, did suffocate and strangle him in
the same manner that he murdered Mary PrilersOn, anti with the
intent of disposing of Ms body for dissection.
The third count charged Burke and Helen NPDou gal with haw.
kg, in the month of September, October, or November, 1828, in
the before mentioned house in Portsburgh, murdered Madgy, or
Margery, or Mary MsGootegal, or Duffle, or Campbell, or Duch-
eity. by suffocating or strangling her in the manner that Blake was
charged with the murder of his two first.mentioned victim.. It
also charged them with the murder of Madgy for the purpose of
disposing ul her body for dissection.
In answer to the indictment, Burke submitted that he
was n-t bound to plead to, or to be tried upon, a libel
• Bich not only charged him with three unconnected
murders, Committed each at a different time, and at a
different place, but also combired his trial with that of
another person alio was not even alleged to have bad
any concern with two of the offences of which he was
accused. On the merits of the case he bad only to state
Vet he was trot Guilty, and be rested his defence on a
denial of the facts se filth in the indictment.
Helen M•Dougal made a similar de'ence.
Mr. P. ROBERTSON; in support of the defence, made
most eminent address to the Court on the esil of
comprising so many 'offences in one indictment.—
Such an accumulation of charges was not consistent
either a ith the practice or the principles of law. The
three offences were vitally separate and distinct; they-
did 'not appear to have all formed a pan of one fool
and nefarious transaction, but they were committed at
&Orient times and at different places, and might
have been done for diff.rent ends—for private re.
"tinge or for robbery. The clinic- of murder incurred
the highest punishment et the law, and the danger to
which the prisoner was exposed in this junction of cases,
even of I acing a pr. joshes excited against him in the
minds of tie Jury, who could nut separate the Ilidence
-upelicable to one from the evidence applicable to
another, and who could not fail, notwithstanding all the
precautions that could be adopted, to borrow evidence
t•om one action in order to convict tiPoe another. The
case of the other psisocer was eveh' worse. She is
br trait to trial on a Ctlitige of murder, which is cons.
hked with two other charges with which she is not
aliegel to have had the slightest connection.
The Lean ADVOCATE Sidd.te NA Waned the woman
in the same indictment with Butler, in order that she
might derive advantage from it. If he had tried the
other prisoner first; the whole of the evidence adduced'
on that trial would have been, published, and union-
:idly read,end her case, Bullet. sir, timid not have been
heard by the Jury in an unprejudiced state. He thought
• be was bound, in fairness to her, to include her in that
indictment. He would conent, since her advisers
thought it beneficial to her, to delay putting her on her
trial at present. He, hoe ever. expressed his determiner
tion'to proceed against Burke upon the indictment for
the three offences. The murders were all committed
within the last six monthr. They were all done in the
same place, -and they were all charged as being done
With the same intent.
The DRAM tf* FACULTY enforced the arguments of
Mr. Bober: son, and pointed out thrgreatrejudice that
mould accrue to theprisuner from crowding into one
indictment three separate acts . f monies.
After a shoot consultation the Judges delivered their
epieions seriatim, to the effect that the Public Prose-
- motor should select out of the three ects of murder the
onion • I kit he stionid go to trial. and with this under•
standing, that if he failed in the-filet charge, the pii-
soner was nut to complain drat lie is again tiled under.
another.
Tie L•Nlia ADV• c.s.re saisii he should proceed upon
the last charge, and theirline the woman must be de-
t- re e,t, :end put upon Ler vial along with thereon.
The presto:els • ere called upon to plead, and
thy said they were Not Guilty.
The fi st witness proved the aceoracp of the plan of
the Louse in Prot.busgh, where Burke resided.
Mary Stpwart proved having seen Madgy, or Wa-
rty Campbell, a' Edinburgh, it: October, and she said
she carne horn Glasgow to look of er her son; she
afterwards saw her deed body at the Police Office; she
was between 40 and 50 Yeats nl4.
Chines M Lean gave sin ilar testimony.
Noble, Airman to Mr. Rymer, of Ports.
burgh, said, that on the 31st of Bombes, a woman,
Sin ilgr in appearance to Margery Campbell, and who
her name was Doeberty, came to the shop, asking
Olt ; Burke was in the shop, and bearing her name,
lie said she was snare relation of his mother's, and he
took * woman away with him, saying he would give
her beriaKirt ; on the next day Burke purchased some
groceries and an old malign at the shop. Witness added,
that he had seen a man named Hare in empty with
Burke. and H.re's wife called for the teabox.
An it lackt or Cprinawity, who lived is WOW°
pM tsbutih; said that Burke mod WD.,ugal resided in
its, same house as herself ; on. the SI st October she saw
Berke enter his.house with e wntrien following Isiia
hfter noon Ste went into Iterkees o
wl at sad
ofw
the same xrntuan sitting by the ire supping pop
Aare and milk ; she bad scercely any 'clothes on,
nod they said they had ken wthhing; Alikugol
aalA that she woo a fligbl444 woman. aft end of
hii Husband's; some tips lofty dvb tite vfnestu ap-
peared very joicoieateal Mr. and Idts. Hate came in
with a boulk of spirits before some, and floe
insisted OD drinking; .001.011 tattfdi atld *ere melt,
sad Hite, elisPbOkilld $11:4011.0 danced;hfdeion

ten and eleven O'clock Uutke came borne. PO a dis-
turbance soon afterwards took place. as if Burke and
Hare were fighting; in the morning witness asked'
:McDougal what bad become of the old woman, and shel
replied that Burke and her had been to frietidly
gether, and she bad kicked her out of the house, adding,
at the same time. "Did you hear it r She saw a bundle
of straw at the bottom of the bed ; it had lnere
most cf the summer, but it appeated to have been re•
cently turned. •
Janet Laurie, or Law, who lived in the OM passage
with the forme' witness, corroborated her statement.
Hugh Alston, who lived in the same house with
Burke, heard a roise on the night of the Sl.t October,
and a woman called out " Mut derl" He also heard
a noise of two men, as if wrangling and struggling, and
the woman crying " Murder r that continued for about
a minute, and then he heard a cry as if a person had
been strangled ; he heard no wise of struggling ; he was
often alarmed by cries, and was afraid of fire, but never
thought of murder ; be returned a second time, and
heard the round of men's voices, who were speaking in
a lower tone, and the woman had ceased crying ; he
then went to his own residence.
David Paterson, keeper of the Museum belonging to
Dr. Knox—Knows the prisoner by sight; witness went
home on tin Slit of October, about twelve oclock, and
found Burke knocking at the door ; he said to witness
that be wished to seehint at his house, and he accord-
ingly went these with him; he found in it two men,
including Burke; there might be more, but he did not
tecollect ; there were also two women; after he went in,
Burke said he had procured something for the Doctor,
and pointed to the head of a bed, where some straw
was lying; the observation was made in an under
voice, but not in a whisper ; no observation was
made by any of the other persons; nothing was
shown to witness, but, he understood when Burke
said he had procured something rot the Doctor, that he
alluded to a dead body ; his words were, he bad pro-
cured sonsethiug.or there was something for the Doctor,
aid he used the expression a. to-morrow ;* there was a
sufficiency of straw in the corner to have concealed a.
dead body. McDougal was one of the females. Wit-.
ness seat his sister about nine next morning for
Burke. (Witness was here shown Hare and his wife,
whom he ideotified as the other persons that were
in the house along with Burke on the 31st October).
Berke came nest morning about nine, and witness
said, if he had any thing to give Doctor Knox, to
take it to him, and settle with himself. He meant a
subject to dispoie of, and Burke went away. He saw'
him again in one of Dr. Knues rooms, in Surgeons'.
squaw, along with Hare, Mr. Jones, Dr. Kaox's assist.
ant, and the D..ctor. Heard either Burke or Hare say_
that they had a dead body or stt'sj:ct; which they wet*
to bring at night, and witness was insttuctrd by Doctcw
Kota to receive any package which they might bring.
Witness. and Mr. Jones were in the way about seven
o'clock; when Burke, Hare. and a potter named M'Cul-
loch, came with an old tea chest; it was put into v
cellar, the door locked. and witness and Mr. Jones went
to Ur. -Knoz's house, and informed him that the men
bad brought what was expected. The men and the
porter followed or had preceded witness and Jones, for
when he came out he fourid them at the end of New.
ingtun. Doctor Kora gave witness five pounds, which,
to prevent disputes, he was to divide; and hawing gone
to a house and obtained change, be laid the money on
a table, and each took a share, leering the sum to the
porter that had been bargained for; five pounds was
riot the whole price understood to be paid ; the ba-
laace was to be paid on Monday, when Dr. Knox
saw what had been brought. The price be believed
generally was to be eight pounds, but no bargain
was made. On the Sunday morning, Lieut. Paterson
of the Police, and Sergeant-Major Fisher, called on him,
and he went with them; opened the door of the cater,
and gave the package to them which had been left the
night before. It was given up in the same state in
which it had been left the night before. The package
was fastened with ropes. He assisted in opening the
box, which was found to contain the body of an elderly
female, who did not appear to have been mated ; the
extremities were doubled up on the chest and thou ax ;'
the bead was pressed down as if for want of room ; at
the request of the Vesteoant of Police, be examined
the body externally, stretched on a table; the face was
very livid, and blood flowing from the mouth; in his
opinion the appearance of the countenance indicated
strangulation or suffocation, by being overlaid ; be
found no other external marks upon the body that would'
be supposed to cause death ; he was not present at the
dissection of the bode; the eyes were not started, nor
did the tongue bang-out ; the head was a good deal
pressed down for want of room ; observed no mark
about the ducat; the lips and -nose were dark coloured,
and a little stained with blood.
By the Dais Of • FACULTY—His reason for saying
death had been caused by suffocation was. that the
blood in a strangled or suffocate! person rises to the
bead, and gives the face a lisfd appearance; be bad
seen the man Hare before. and knew that Dr. Knox had
dealings with him for the procuring of dead bodies; he
also had had dealings with Burke; they seemed to act
jointly ; had seen both assume the principal part; they
frequently bronAht subjects which he supposed had
not bests interred ; they frequently brought subjects to
to the lecture-rooms; had heard of a class of persons
who provided bodies which never had been interred;
had known of young men attending poor patients who
died give information of that fact to Dr. Knox, who'
headed over the direction to such persons to-endemic*,
to make a purchase; in one instance a note was givers
to himself, and he handed it to these men, but the pur-
chase was not then made.
James Gray and his wife were next examined.—They
said they were acquainted with the prisoners, and had
lodged about &eaglets in their house;.they recollected
the old woman coming these on the night of the 31st
October, and on the fullowiog morning.M•Dougel said,
she had been impudent, and they had uftned her outof
doors ; they however suspected that all was not right,
and when Burke and McDougal left the room, they egc.
mined the Waif and found the body under it; there
was blood on the face and about the mouth ; they Mi.
mediately took up their small bundles and were quit.
ring the house, when they met Mrs. Burke, to whom
Alley mentioned what they had seen ; she told them to
hold their tongues, and she would give them two oe
three shilliags, and it might be worth /01. per week;{
Gray replied; GOD forbid they should make money by
dead pew" Ind inuttediately Oft ihformatiOn to dieI
Wks!,
Mn McCulloch proved having been emplatell b
Berke to gummy tole body Lows his tesidenke to Dt.
Knoe's house: It was taken out from Among the straw,
tied in a sheet, end put into the box; they had greet
Jiffies( luAittieg the body into. the box; they had to
rack to get it forced down ; when he wised at Sur.
goton0•6411111,0 with his load be was pined by Burke and
M4Dougids iftd Hue and bit Wife.
Thefollaellcert Oilseed having apprehended the pri-
mers, god fiplissa she dead bad, as Drs games boot.
William Mae was seat easkatiaed ; ha was ciaqiebod.

by Lord Meadowbank to speak WO. kle said fin
understood he was called only as a witness in the case
of the woman Campbell (he emphatically said, 41 the
old woman"). Having been s woe h in the common forill,
he said he was a native of Ireland, and had tesiJeJ in
this country about ten Yeats; he was asked if he wets a
Catholic? he answered. he was; he was then askel if
he wished to be sworn in any other way ? he bpd e-did
not know, he never had taken an oath before, and the-
form was all one. he supposed.
The examination proceeded—He had been acquainted
with Burke about a to elvemorith ; M.Dottgal lived
with Burke then as his wife; witness lived in the West
Port, not far Pions Burke; was in a public h use in the
West Pot t on the forenoon of the 31st of Oct 'her, when
they had a gill ; he asked swim s to go ds wn to his
house to see the shot he had gut to take to the dostoes;
he said he had taken an old woman off the affect, and
wished witness to go down and see her, and see what
they were doing; undetst Ind by the word shot that lie
was going to murder the woman; he went to Burke's
house, and found them was a strange man and worn :n
(their name was Gray), the mid woman, and Helen
M,Dougal ; the old woman was washing her shott
gown, it was white and red striped. (Ideoified the bed-
gown). Witness remained in the house about five
minutes, and then went home ; was in Connaway's
between eight and nine o'clock on Hallowe'en night.
There.were Connaway and his wife, William Burke,
and John Broggan, and another lad whom he did not
know, the old woman. Helen Itl•Dougal, and witoess's
wife; they had some drink there; Burke, Broggan,
and the lad went out ; but witness remained later, and
went intoßurkes, leaving the old w.iman inCantsaway's ;
was not long there till Burke himself and the old u oman
came in ; she his SO much the woi se • f drink as
hardly to be able to keep het feet ; th re was sonic
dancing in Cunnaway's; at this time he did not
think that any harm was to hapken to the old woman
that night; when in Butke's some wind• took place'
between him and witness, and blows eti4ted ; lie asked
what bad brought bins there, and he teplsed be had been
invited by. McDougal ; while they were struggling. the
old woman ran twice into the passage, and called out
either murder or police; Helen M.D.ingal brought het
back both times; while witness and Burke were Arlo,-
sling, he (Hare) pushed her over• a stool ; she gut up so
as to rest upon her elbow, but was so thank as not to
be able to regain her feet ; she was always c .11ing on
Burke to quit fighting, and he did so; havens :tooth for
some minutes on the floor, Burke stood stride legs over
her, and laid himself down above her, hit bseist being
on her head; she gave a cry, and then moaned a bidet'
he put one hand on her note and mouth. -and the other
under her chin, and stopped her breathing; this wa•
continued for ten or fifteen minutes; he never ap.ke
while this was going on ; aftei he bad ris n from aliove
her he put his arm upon her mouth IT same
Minutes; she appeared quite dead; winless was sitting
ill the while on a chair ; be snipped the body of
the clothe., put it in a cornet, doubling it up, and
coveting ,it with straw; witness's wife and MADougal,l
when they heard the first scream of the old woman, ran
into the passage and did not come in again- until the
body was covered with the straw ; before this they were
lying in the bed; and witness sat at the head of the bed;
did not observe blood on the Sloe, or on the woman's.
face at the time: did not observe the women in the pan
sage cry—but nobody came to the door during the time.
Burke bad not been above the woman a minute or two.
when the women started out of bed and ran to the door ;
none of them attempted to save or assist the old
woman, and such could not have happened without
his seeing it; saw them come again, and Burke go
out, when he was absent a few minutes ; the women
asked no questions, and he made no ream k ; the
women went to their beds again ; neither asked for the
'woman Dochertr; when Burke retuitted, lie brought
the Doctor's man with him. a person who lived a little
down the West Port. Burke wished the lltsct•n's man
to look at the body, but he said it would do well enough,
to get a box and put it into it; the women were in the
bed while the man was in the house, but lie could not
tell whether they were awake or not; witness fell Asleep
himself; be was rather the worse of liquor, but be
knew well enough what lie was about; be awoke
about seven o'clock in the morning ; he found him-
self on a chair. with his head on the bed ; the winless
were in thebed, and a lad named John Broggan, who
was lying beyond his aunt; Burke was at the fireside ;
he and his wife got up and went -home when they
.found Gray and his wife there ; Burke called witness
into Rymer's shop, and wished him to go with him to
Surgeons-square, which witness signed to do after he
fed the swine ; they went to Surgeons square, where
Burke inquired for a box, but they did not get one; he
said be bespoke one from Mr.Ry met 's shop boy ; this boa
was brought into the passage by the porier (Weal.
loch), but there was nobody in the house when they
went in; they took the box in, and waited at the back
door till Burke came, who said, "You are worth little
that have not pet it into the box;' witness assisted to
put the body into the box ; the porter pressed it down,
and obsereing some of the hair over the side of the box
put it down inside, saying is it was a bad thing to have
it hanging out." The box was roped. and the porter in
sainted to carry it .to Surgeons.square ;witness and
Burke accompanied him, and met the women in the
High Schoolyards; could not say whether Burke or the
porter went in first; witness accompanied them; the
body was pot into a cellar; and witness and Burke pro.
needed to Dr. Knox's, at Newington, but did not go
into Wilms; Masterson, who was to pay the money,
took them into a public house, where be got change, and
paid the porter 51. Burke 21.75. 6d. and witness 21.7t.6d.
Understood that 51. mote was to be paid on Monday ;
saw the women both in ging to and returning from
Newington, but neither of them went into the public
house.
Cross examined by Mr. COCKIIIIIII—Had been a
boatman en the canal f had also had a Bosse and cart,
and sold fish; had been concerned in furnishing medi-
cal lumen with subjects; was never concerned in car-
rying any other bodies to surgeons than that of the
old woman, but bad seen it done; bad never been con-
cerned in raising dead bodies ; he was warned not to
answer the questions that might criminate him; was
asked how often be had seen them doing it? De.'
dined answering the question. Was this of the old
woman the only one in which he was concerned? De-
clined to answer.—Wu murder committed in his house
last October.? Declined answering the question.—
Understood that the OM of the term shot was used by
Burke as meaning a person for a subject in order to
murder them ; beard bins use it when be did not
mean to murder; but understood that to be his mean-
-14 at that time; said so t 9 him in the forenoon ; was'
tracing at connaway's; the old woman was there, but
that 111134 had no notion that there was to be mischief
list night from Berke's words; first entertained the
ripinion that theist would be mischief when he saw Burke
standing over the old visina•; they bad quarrelled, and
therefore had ast thoult4 till he aaw.Lierke in that up
Ski, the beds at 41 .901141 us this polies
lace ; L; tilho silkd ltei 4 pat r moo timi body of the

old women kefoire, sad denied' titan he had seen the
woman alive; it was on the Sunday when be sae it.
and denied it theme—!facie you had several trany
tions with pc. kiwi or his assistant ? Declines t„
answer the questine. Burke had received mob,;
loom Dr. Kilns, but witness never did, no: ft--
any of his assistants. Nike received fire pound, ro,
the body from Dr. Knot, and they were to receive
mote an Monday ; Dr. linox's man said they were
get 51. more; thinks it was Burke who paid the —
ter, but is not sure whether it was Burke or issr, pr.
• Burke threw two notes across the table aoZ,
;old; uvOloklatt
with the change ; is certain that Mr, parrs
dab
not pay the moiler to him, though he folded on t;,"
two notes and diviieJ the silver; had inset
refs with But ke •about the payments, roe asl
• with him about money mallets;
s owneitnet,o,
the
dons
the woman over a stool, and she was wonastil
could not rise; before that che had
and called c• police; when ke
she gave a shriek, which could be heard some short di;
lance ; at that time did noi hear any one call ter the
police; Wilke and he were fighting before the rostra
*he ieked.; Ilistggan and the t woi women were in the bed.
he was sitting at the side c f the bed, and But ke won
the firs; thinks that it was ten mitiutes before Buie
h .d rturdered the old woman ; never attempted to pie,
sent I ins, but remained in the house all the time; sar
by and lookod at the transaction; did not go next: alt,
the police, and inform them of it ; but, when mantled
by the police, he desded all knowledge of it.—male
was removed, in the custody of the police, to the Oeto
House.)
Margaret L.iri, wife of Wire— Lord Iviranowitu
informed the witness, that, whatever share she might
have in the murder of Mr.. Campbell, she a ',bid notgbe
c.illed upon or Innualit to trouble for such share, if she
spoke the ouch.—Remensbers last Hallfiae'en nig%
when tw petstins, Gray and his wife, teept in wi;ntset
Issous thy .carne fivers Burke's, who sacd that the
..hould give them a bed; this was in the course of tits
day ; thinks it was daylight at the time ; wrist cut that
nigt:t about nine o'clock to see her husband, and haw
him iu Conna way's; Connsway and his wife, and Butte
and his wile, were there; had spirits there; saw antdd
woman in Burke's; stopped tiil her huland rose, and
,be a ked him to go home, but he said he would coca
soon ; weet to Bu.ke's lo use, whet e there was around
been en her husband and But ke, and they fell a fight.
ink; ;di. did woman called out cc murder 1" when she got
a .1), and she fell ;sa alio; ke get upon the old woman's
Brea t, when 11-llougal and she ran nut to the passage
and remained thera sonic time; she did not coy out, lot
,he w .s powerless ; thinks it was a quarter of an hoot
till she came back to the'bouse; did not tee theeld so.
man, not did she iniitire,.ai she had a suspicion that'll
had bccil murdered ; NlcDougal did ma ask any questaa
at the time Burke lay down on the old woman; aims
thinks she was standing near the dos): ; Burke had on
lain many minutes on the old woman a hen iiitnessfas
met; does net recollect where M Dougal was standioge
that time; was alarmed at the sight; did not see Buda
do any thing else but lying either on the mouth or boat
of the old woman; had some suspicion .ce what Buds
was about, as she had seen some tricks of the same kW
June; in the course of the afternoon NlcDoug al amend
said to witness there was a shot in th a house; she di
not say what she meant by a shot, but she said that be
husband had fetched her from a shop; McDougal told
her at the same time she used the term shot, th..l it les
a woman ; she d:d not say expressly they were to nor.
der the woman, but witness understood that to be ha
meaning, as she beard such a meaning used to the ton
before; Burke had giv,n the woman drink Wore,
be
be did not press liquor upon her; she seemed rather the
worse of liquor; stopped in Burke's till bstweeo far
and five o'clock in the morning ; saw Mr. Paterson seam
in shortly after the woman was murdered; did no
know where the body was pot ; saw the bog is
which the body was placed; got it from Rymer's;
understood where the body was to be sent ; tol:olred
Burke and her husband, as she was afraid they world
tall a fighting, aml went with them to Newington, sad
afters aids came in along with M•Doogal ; did act
make any answer to McDougal when she spoke d
the shot; and does not recollect talking with her shoe
the body when going to Newington; when in the paw,
sage she and McDougal were speaking about the weenie
but does not recollect the words; thinks it was that it
might be the same case with them too, that they misfit
be murdered ; did not alarm the neighbours, as she bad,
left her house three times before, as she had not bees
living a contented life,and shecould not inform avid
her husband, as it was not natural to do sd.
By the Cototr—The old woman only wan to de,
door of the room, and thinks she got a push when de
fell down, and immediately after that But ke tell upoll
her, and saw him lying either upon her mouth or na
her breast ; did not hear the old woman cry or screen
and went away, as witness was afraid- to see her mile
dered; did not expect that night that the old wows
was to be murdered.
By the MAN of FACULTY-..-Coup not say Whetha
it was Hare or Burke who pushed the old woman;
the door at the outer end of the passage 1 etches, bet
does not know whether it is from the outside; did 011
hear any body knock on the door when she was in tbs
passage, nor when there did she hear the old woman cif
or make any noise; had not piwer to go out of al
passage, and that was the reason she remained ; did as
say any thing when she came back to the house; sag
both. Burke and Hare there; went to bed in a that
time afterwards, but did not sleep for some time ; Riot
gan came in, and they had some liquor; rose out d
bed when Paterson went out, and did not again go It
bed; McDougal was not in bed; she(wi.ness) and Bros'
gan lay down on the floor; Burke and Elate fell
[fighting soon afterwards; never saw the old woman rite
[alter she fell; does not know how long they were is
Connaway's, as she has a very bad memory.
Two Medical Gentlemen were then examined, end
they were of opinion that the woman had died a viola
death by suffocation.
The declarations which were emitted were then MI
Berke described himself as a native of Ireland; that
he
has been ten years in Edinburgh ; is a shoemaker ;
lived with Elizabeth M.Dongsl, but was rot maim
to bey. He pretended to account for the dead bar
being in his house by saying it was brought there by _

pot tic.
The LOMD ADVOCATE then addressed the Jury on di
part of the Crown, and the DEMI of FACULTY enteli
on the defence ; after which the Jury returned a verdict.
of Prom against Berke, and Not Prows sea
Nl'DongaL

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Dublin, to Helen, daughter et the Rev. Edw. Hisalumm•
At Walthunstow, the Pon. John Co:, M.A. to Sul
daughter of abe late Jobs Woodward, Itel

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