| Description Of Item | An article published in the Observer describing a riot that took place involving a large crowd of people who travelled up Leith Street followed by the bridges to Newington ‘bearing an effigy of a certain Doctor.’ The effigy was subsequently hanged, and the group moved to Dr Robert Nox’s house. It is priced at one penny. Relates to William Burke and William Hare, known for the Burke and Hare or West Port Murders. 3 pages. |