McDougal; Burke and Hare; Helen McDougal; William Burke (1792-1829) and William Hare (d. 1860s). Burke and Hare commited a series of murders; supplying the corpses to Dr Robert Knox; the anatomist; for dissection. Hare turned King's evidence. Burke was hanged.Image taken from Trial of William Burke and Helen M'Dougal; before the High Court of Justiciary; at Edinburgh December 24. 1828; for the murder of Margery Campbell; or Docherty. Taken in short hand by Mr. John Macnee With portraits; etc. (Supplement to the Trial of William Burke & Helen M'Dougal; containing the whole legal proceedings against William Hare; in order to bring him to trial for the murder of James Wilson; or Daft Jamie. With an appendix of curious and interesting information; regarding the late West-port murders. Illustrated by a print of Mrs. Hare; etc.) [Edited by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe.].Originally published / produced in Robert Buchanan: Edinburgh; 1829.Robert Buchanan: Edinburgh; 1829.From: Trial of William Burke and Helen M'Dougal; before.1245. c. 29; frontispieceLondon; British Library.