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DECLARATION OF BURKE

... Deolaratenri ra t e iecraqetnpds rlis gi is eneesjoanably true d lll AioWfeifi' is;i7ir6elZ the de- ibta0O Or confessitm of Burke-.f t0k * 10i§0e m solininlr Cl ITO;etone indiviiatoa f~l..J ~ n Mj` Airct rti promised ta~ ti and tation which might have - ...

Published: Saturday 07 February 1829
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 8459 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

PHRENOLOGICAL DEVELOPEMENT OF BURKE

... tell Yathrs o ife. It is toentioned that .Burke treated her ri ?? ackn.,,leo,egd her-as boa wifie ;amd that At BeitaPasionately fotd of 1im in. returnt ht Bng5 red~uaeld so msuch wretcherdness and ipoverts, Burke, d rit ~ oh ga lodged For a ?? nihilts its ...

Published: Saturday 31 January 1829
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 4349 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

EXECUTION OF WILLIAM BURKE

... pxEEpfOF MW'ARiV4 BURKE. Thiis ?? *4odir'were more deep inl I dy;,in , any other ho- wi ,aiide recordmeb i. ?? acleddai '0fS terimes,~ underwent on gct ?? ?? y'sAtE i g, at the tsual nit th ce of ,exeutiSon 03 anuhdiro-h rehew stsbjoined. narrative of ...

Published: Thursday 29 January 1829
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2143 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

THE WEST PORT MURDERS

... say the truth, was our curiosity very urgent.. The inspection of Burke's cave had absolutely 'sickened us, and we were glad of an apology for. discontinuing our personal observations. Burke denies ever having used surgical instruments in committing any ...

WEST PORT MURDERS

... on char which hid already been taken down with so much Burke's own request. The Learned Lord recom- mended, however, for the satisfaction of the Lord Provost, nthat the Shenif shouldagain visit Burke, again road over hisdecl~arto and again inquire ofa him ...

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

... stated, that he a had- waited upon Burke and explained to him the reason for refusing acce~ssto .the-individual whom he had mentioned in his letter, and by whom that letter was written, though it was certainly sighed by Burke--.when theiufortunate man mentioned ...

THE LORD ADVOCATE'S DEFENCES

... of one of the three charges exhibited ?? Burke twai attended with the necessar~y effect of prevehticeg the discols 01 sun- of th eieteoetccres ouseced with tlae'oth~er- tsos mur-; 'ders',' and that1 after Burke had beese consei ced uno'ir tel Ci third ...

Published: Monday 05 January 1829
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 4832 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

WEST PORT MURDERS

... the floor, and Burke unconcernedly sitting at the waitdow. 'He -asked But'ke wvhy hestiffered snotther man to beat lisi wife'? to wshiri he repsied, 1 she well deserved all smite was getting. After having a dispute with. Hare, Burke' went, to resid' ...

THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR AND HIS APOLOGISTS

... testimony. 'The case, therefore, was in point of fact arcade out against Burke by other evidence than that of Hare and his wife asa'as the same evidence which led to the conviction oi Burke, would have also led to the conviction of Hare at least, we have again ...

Published: Thursday 08 January 1829
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 4324 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

THE UNITED EAST LOTHIAN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

... af. ?? Courser. AwFuL PunrxSHMENw OF BURINwG-We have just seen a private letter from tarlisle, in which it is stated, that Burke's degraded concubine, WJ'Dougal, appeared in that city on Friday or Saturday last. She has now become a common beggar, and ...

Published: Thursday 12 March 1829
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 661 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

WEST PORT MURDERS

... No doubt they were secretly committed, but the'y were st alo og otinodand Possessed Of the full ind free vy confession Of Burke, we shoulld have imagined crimainality at might easily be attached to Hare. This hardened but tc cautlious Prisoner is an adept ...

WEST PORT MURDERS

... of this article to have'access to Burke. The Learned Lord, it seems, has addressed a letter on the subject to the Lord ?? in which he enters at length into the grounds of tliisrefusal, and, inter alia, states that Burke enitted on the 2d instant a declaration ...