Trial of William Burke and Helen M'Dougal
Subtitle: before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh on Wednesday, December 24, 1828 for the murder of Margery Campbell or Docherty
By: taken in short hand by Mr. John Macnee ; with an illustrative preface, also portraits of Burke, M'Dougal, and Hare, view of the interior of Burke's house, plan of the premises, &c.
Contributors: M'Dougal, Helen, b. 1795?; Hare, William, 1792?-1870?; Macnee, John.; Scotland. High Court of Justiciary.
Publisher: Robert Buchanan; William Hunter; John Stevenson; Baldwin & Cradock
Published: 1829
Place of publication: Edinburgh; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Campbell, Margery, d. 1828.; Burke, William, 1792-1829 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; M'Dougal, Helen, b. 1795? -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Hare, William, 1792?-1870? -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Wilson, James, d. 1828.; Trials (Murder) -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc.
Other titles: Supplement to the Trial of William Burke and Helen M'Dougal.
Notes: Special t.p. reads: "Supplement to the Trial of William Burke and Helen M'Dougal, containing the whole legal proceedings against William Hare in order to bring him to trial for the murder of James Wilson ... with an appendix."
William Burke, William Hare, Mrs. Hare and Helen M'Dougal were associated in the murder of more than sixteen persons. Hare having turned King's evidence, William Burke and Helen M'Dougal were tried for the murder of Margery Campbell or Docherty.
Appended is an extract (p. [33]-35) from the Casket, no. 104, January 17, 1829, dealing with Burke and Hare.