Title
Burke and Hare / edited by William Roughead.
Imprint
Edinburgh ; London : W. Hodge, [1921]
Description
x, 280 pages, 15 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Series
Notable British trials series.
Making of Modern Law legal treatises.
Note
William Burke, William Hare, Mrs. Hare and Helen M'Dougal were associated together in the murder of more than sixteen persons, whose bodies were sold to a Dr. Knox, of Edinburgh, for anatomical purposes. This volume deals especially with the trial in the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, December, 1828, of William Burke and Helen M'Dougal, who were indicted for the murder of three of the victims.
Publisher's advertising matter included in pagination.
Reproduction of original from Yale Law School Library.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Indexed In
RLIN, CTRG98-B2925.
Language
English
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2004. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
