The History of Burke and Hare, and of the Resurrectionist Times A Fragment from the Criminal Annals of Scotland

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_Hare's Position after the Trial--Warrant for his Commitment Withdrawn--Daft Jamie's Relatives seek to Prosecute--The Case before the Sheriff and the Lords of Justiciary--Burke's Confession and the "Courant"--The Lord Advocate's Reasons for Declining to Proceed against Hare-- Pleadings for the Parties_, 182