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Trial of William Burke and Helen M'dougal
Trial of William Burke and Helen M'dougal Author:William Burke Subtitle: Before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on Wednesday, December 24. 1828, for the Murder of Margery Campbell, or Docherty General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1829 Original Publisher: R. Buchanan Subjects: Edinburgh (Scotland) Trials (Murder) Fiction / Legal History / Europe / Great Bri... more »tain Law / Legal History True Crime / Murder / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Was it quite naked ? Quite naked, Lord JusTicE-?????. -- You were quite clear of the bsdy ? 0 yes, my Lord. Interrogated by the Dean Of Faculty. -- Wbat time was it that you and your wife left Burke's on the Friday night first ? 1 suppose it might be about live o'clock ; but probably it might bo a little after it. Did you see him that night again before nine o'clock ? Yes, he came up to Hare's house. About what time ? It might be about seven, if I recollect ; but I am not suro of the hour. Was Hare there at that time? No, neither Hare nor hi wife were there ; they were in his bouse, and came in afterwards. Wae Burke there at the supper ? No ; but Mrs Burke was. What time was it that Burke oame there ? I think about seven. Had the Hare's left it at that time ? I cannot be certain as to the hour that he came there ; but I know he came there that night, after the Hare's, but went out again. When Burke came up there about seven, did he ask you to go to his house ? No ; he fetched a copper measure, with some liquor in it, that night at seven. ' Did he sit with you any time ? Only a very short time. What brought him there ? I do not know, except to give us this liquor that he brought to us, for he left it with us. I think you said he came on the Saturday morning. Did he then ...« less