A vindication of the opinions delivered in evidence by the medical witnesses for the Crown on a late trial at Lancaster for murder / by J. Gerard [and others].

Date:
1808
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Credit: A vindication of the opinions delivered in evidence by the medical witnesses for the Crown on a late trial at Lancaster for murder / by J. Gerard [and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTRODUCTION. THE circumstances which attended the death of Miss Margaret Burns in the month of March last, and the proceedings which, in consequence, have since taken place at Lancaster, are so well known to the inhabitants of this town and its vicinity, that it might seem to be unnecessary to enter into a particular history of them here. But as this pamphlet may possibly be circulated beyond the limits of Liverpool, or even of Lancashire, it will be proper briefly to lay before our readers a state- ment of those circumstances, and of the reasons which have led us to solicit the public attention to the subject. Such a statement is necessary, as an apology to our readers for presenting to them a detail of appearances, and of facts, which, however familiar it may be to us, cannot be familiar to them ; and to many, it may, perhaps, be painful, and disagreeable. But we are not to blame for this ; and we are persuaded, that we shall not be censured for the step which we have thus taken, in the just defence of our opinions. B