[Illustration: WILLIAM BURKE, as he appeared at the Bar, taken in Court. _Published by Thomas Ireland Jun^r. Edinburgh._] WEST PORT MURDERS; OR AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE ATROCIOUS MURDERS COMMITTED BY BURKE AND HIS ASSOCIATES; CONTAINING A FULL ACCOUNT OF ALL THE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH THEM. ALSO, A REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF BURKE AND M‘DOUGAL. WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE EXECUTION OF BURKE, HIS CONFESSIONS, AND MEMOIRS OF HIS ACCOMPLICES, INCLUDING THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HARE, &c. ILLUSTRATED BY PORTRAITS AND VIEWS. “O horror! horror! horror! tongue nor heart Cannot conceive nor name thee!” _Macbeth._ EDINBURGH: PUBLISHED BY THOMAS IRELAND, JUNIOR, 57, SOUTH BRIDGE STREET. 1829. EDINBURGH: PRINTED BY A. BALFOUR AND CO. HIGH STREET. CONTENTS. Page INTRODUCTION 1 Narrative of the Officer who apprehended the Murderers, _note_ 4 Trial of Burke and M‘Dougal 9 Indictment 12 List of Witnesses 15 List of Jury 36 _Witnesses Examined_ James Braidwood 36 Mary Stewart 36 Charles M‘Lauchlan 37 William Noble 38 Anne Black or Connaway 39 Janet Lawrie (or Law) 42 Hugh Alston 44 Elizabeth Paterson 45 David Paterson 45 John Broggan 47 Ann M‘Dougal or Gray 47 James Gray 50 George M‘Culloch 51