Full, Complete, and Correct Account of the Horrid Murder of the Poor Italian Boy Carlo Ferriar, as Detailed in the Examinations at Bow-Street Police Office, the Coroner's Inquest, and at the Trial of Bishop, May, and Williams, on Friday, Dec, 2, 1831

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Excerpt from Full, Complete, and Correct Account of the Horrid Murder of the Poor Italian Boy Carlo Ferriar, as Detailed in the Examinations at Bow-Street Police Office, the Coroner's Inquest, and at the Trial of Bishop, May, and Williams, on Friday, Dec, 2, 1831: Including, Every Circumstance Connected With This Horrible Burking Transaction, the Conviction of the Murderers, Their Behaviour During the Trial and Sentence, The Conduct of the Prisoners, and Confession and Execution of Bishop and Williams The horrible crime of "Burking, " or, in plainer language, of murdering the unprotected and the unwary, with the intention of selling their bodies at a high price to the anatomical schools, for the purpose of dissection, has, unfortunately, obtained a notoriety which will not be soon or easily forgotten. It took its horrifying appellation from the circumstances which were disclosed on the trial of the inhuman wretch, Burke, who, it will be remembered, was executed in Scotland, some few years since, for having wilfully and deliberately murdered several persons, for the sole purpose of profiting by the sale of their dead bodies. Human nature shudders at the bare possibility of such a revolting crime, but when recent public disclosures prove not only the probability of its continuance, but even its actual perpetration, our very feelings are harrowed, and the bitterest execrations give but a faint expression of our detestation of the cold-blooded and deliberate assassin. The month of November, 1831, will be recorded in the annals of crimes and cruelties, as particularly pre-eminent - for it will prove to posterity that other wretches could be found base enough to follow the horrid example of Burke and his accomplice Hare, and entice the unprotected friendless foreigner, who sought in hospitable England a home and an asylum, to the den of death, for sordid gain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.