CONTENTS.

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Introduction[1]
Narrative of the Officer who apprehended the Murderers, note[4]
Trial of Burke and M‘Dougal[9]
Indictment[12]
List of Witnesses[15]
List of Jury[36]
Witnesses Examined
James Braidwood[36]
Mary Stewart[36]
Charles M‘Lauchlan[37]
William Noble[38]
Anne Black or Connaway[39]
Janet Lawrie (or Law)[42]
Hugh Alston[44]
Elizabeth Paterson[45]
David Paterson[45]
John Broggan[47]
Ann M‘Dougal or Gray[47]
James Gray[50]
George M‘Culloch[51]
John Fisher[52]
William Hare (or Haire)[53]
Margaret Hare (or Haire)[62]
Dr. Black[65]
Dr. Christison[66]
Declaration of Burke, emitted 3d November[67]
Do. do. 10th November[71]
Do. do. 19th November[74]
Declaration of M‘Dougal, 3d November[75]
Do. do. 10th November[78]
Verdict[92]
Sentence[95]
List of Counsel[96]
Remarks[97]
Behaviour of Pannels during Trial[101]
Popular Excitement[105]
Conduct of Burke in Lock-up-house[108]
Liberation of M‘Dougal[110]
Burke’s Conduct in Jail[113]
Hare’s Behaviour[116]
Burke’s and Hare’s Houses[120]
Remarks on their Characters[123]
Murder of Mary Paterson[124]
Janet Brown’s Statement relative to the Murder of Paterson[125]
Murder of Daft Jamie[132]
Curious Rencontre between Daft Jamie and Bobby Auld[133]
Legal Discussions relative to the Trial of Hare and the Socii Criminum[137]
Memoirs of Burke, with particulars of all the Murders communicated by Himself[170]
List of Murders committed by Burke and Hare[201]
Town Council Proceedings[212]
Confessions of Burke from the Caledonian Mercury[216]
Preparations for Burke’s Execution[221]
Removal to the Lock-up-house[223]
Occurrences on the Street previous to the Execution[227]
The Execution[234]
Character of Burke[247]
Occurrences after the Execution[251]
Description of the Body[252]
Riot at the College[254]
Phrenological Development of Burke[259]
Observations on the Head of William Burke[262]
Remarks on do.[267]
Proceedings against Hare[272]
Memoirs of Hare[306]
Hare’s Reception in Dumfries[312]
Hare’s Appearance[325]
Letter from the Sheriff to the Right Hon. the Lord Provost[329]
Official Confessions of Burke[331]
Confessions of Burke from the Edinburgh Evening Courant[340]
Account of Helen M‘Dougal[353]
—— —— Mrs. Hare[355]
Popular Tumult[361]