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7 pounds 10 shillings which meant that a handsome profit was 

 made on the deal. They spent it on a drunken carousal. 



Finding it tedious waiting for another such case, they decided 

 to prowl the streets in search of a suitable victim. They met one, 



Figure 12. William Burke as he appeared at the Bar. Drawn by Luteiior 

 and engraved by T. Clerk. Edinburgh, 1829. From Ball, J. M.: The Sack- 

 'em-up Men. London, Oliver & Boyd, 1928. By permission of Oliver & Boyd. 



