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

Burke, William

Robert Buchanan : William Hunter : John Stevenson ; Baldwin & Cradock, Edinburgh, London, 1829

[The infamous story of Burke and Hare who sold bodies to an anatomist who needed cadavers for lessons and later resorted to the murder of at least 16 people to supply this grim trade] Bound in 19th century, 3/4 leather over marbled boards.  xviii, 200, 147, 60 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.  Includes supplement and appendix.  Spine head chipped.  Stamp on title page. 

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.