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West-Port Murders!
A Full and Correct Account of the
TRIAL
OF WILLIAM BURKE,
AND
HELEN M'DOUGAL,
BEFORE THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY,
On Wednesday the 24th Dec. 1828, for the wilful Murder of Mary Campbell or Docherty, with the felonious intent of selling her body to a Surgeon, as a subject for Dissection,
AND OF THE
SENTENCE, CONFESSION,
AND
EXECUTION
OF BURKE.
FALKIRK:
PRINTED BY T. JOHNSTON.