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CONFESSIONS OF BURKE

... John Broggan’s; two in Hare’s stable, and one in Burke’s brother’s house in the Canongate. Burke declares that five of them were murdered in Hare’s room that has the iron holt in the inside of k. Burke did not know the days nor the months the different ...

Published: Wednesday 18 February 1829
Newspaper: Inverness Courier
County: Inverness-shire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 1573 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

CHARACTER OF BURKE

... CHARACTER BURKE. (From the Literary Examiner.) Burke was much of a theatrical than. I do not mean that his high-wrought enthusiasm or vehemence was not natural to him; but the direction that he gave to «a* exceedingly capricious and arbitrary. It was ...

Published: Thursday 21 August 1823
Newspaper: Inverness Courier
County: Inverness-shire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 700 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

EXECUTION OF BURKE

... soon a,, the executioner proceeded to hisduty, the cries of Burke him, Burke him, give him no rope,” and many others of a similar complexion, were vociferated in voices loud with indignation—Burke, m the mean time, stood perfectly unmoved, and gazed around ...

Published: Tuesday 03 February 1829
Newspaper: Manchester Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 5508 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Execution of Burke,

... Execution of Burke, of • letter dated Edinburgh, treditsday sight.) A Seat d tolled an Weduses4ay merging, at ,he common place of execution In Edinburgh—the head of Libbettot.'s W)nd—to a lawn the jest veng eeeee of the law executed upon Ins most inhuman ...

Published: Sunday 01 February 1829
Newspaper: Weekly Dispatch (London)
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 348 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BURKING EXTRAORDINARY

... BURKING EXTRAORDINARY. ' Not many weeks ago a respectable farmer, residing no matter where, invited a party of friends to dinner, and entertained them in tbe true spirit of Border hospitality. On the table stood very curious relic—the identical grey beard ...

Published: Friday 03 July 1829
Newspaper: Leicester Journal
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 749 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CONFESSIONS OF BURKE

... before. M. BURKE. G. TAIT. 1 Present Mr. George Tail, sheriff-substitute; Mr. Archd. Scott, procurator .Mr. Richard Moxcy, assistant sheriff-clerk; the Kev. William Held, Roman catholic priest. Edinburgh, 22d Jan. Compeared M'illiam Burke, present under ...

Published: Tuesday 10 February 1829
Newspaper: Manchester Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 6077 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

EXECUTION OF BURKE

... soon a» the executioner pro- ceeded to his duty, the cries of ■■ Burke him, Burke him— give him no rope, and many others of a similar complexion, were ?? in voices loud with indignation. Burke. In the mean time, stood perfectly unmoved, and gazed around ...

Published: Saturday 07 February 1829
Newspaper: Leeds Intelligencer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2398 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

BURKE’S CONFESSION

... Sheriff-Substitute, on the 3d day January last, in consequence of Burke having intimated a wish to that effect. The second was taken on the 22d of the same month, a few days before Burke's execution ; and in order to give it every degree of authenticity ...

Published: Wednesday 11 February 1829
Newspaper: Inverness Courier
County: Inverness-shire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 448 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

BURKE THE MURDERER

... children by Burke, but a daughter of the name of Dougal by former marriage, she pretended. She is a native of Muitavonside parish, in Stirlingshire. Her character was not so good Burkes. She is about his age. In the Post of Saturday last you term Burkes a pretended ...

Published: Monday 12 January 1829
Newspaper: Sussex Advertiser
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 402 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

BURKE, THE MURDERER

... BURKE, THE MURDERER. The is the substance of the confession made by Burke, in the gaol at Edinburgh : Ha states that he never saw Hare till last November, when he and Helen M'Dougal met Hare's wife, with whom he was previously acquainted, They had dram ...

Published: Monday 16 February 1829
Newspaper: Hampshire Chronicle
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2392 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

EXECUTION OF BURKE

... . soon as tbe executioner proceeded to his duty, the cries Burke him, Burke him—give him rope, and many others of a similar complexion, were vociferated voices loud with indignation. Burke, in the mean time, stood perfectly unmoved, and gazed around ...

Published: Thursday 05 February 1829
Newspaper: Leeds Intelligencer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1328 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

EXECUTION OF BURKE

... EXECUTION OF BURKE. The execution wf Burke took place at Edinburgh on Wednesday week. The crowd assembled was great. When the people discovered Burke they raised loud cry of exuliation. mixed with groans and hissing, from every part ol the dense mass ...

Published: Saturday 07 February 1829
Newspaper: Leicester Chronicle
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 752 | Page: 4 | Tags: none