Burke and Hare murders and for regulating Schools of Anatomy" in mid 1828—six months before the murders were detected. This was rejected in 1829 by the House of Lords. The murders committed by Burke and Hare raised public awareness of the need for bodies for medical purposes, and of the trade that doctors had conducted with grave robbers and murderers. The East London murder of a 14-year-old boy and the subsequent attempt to sell the corpse to the medical school at King's College London led to an investigation of the London Burkers, who had recently turned from grave robbing to murder to obtain corpses;
West End, Edinburgh houses. Haymarket station is in the West End. The island tram stop at Coates Crescent was originally called 'Shandwick Place' until it was renamed West End - Princes Street at the request of local traders. As this stop sits on a switching point, it can act as an eastern terminus when Princes Street is closed to traffic. <br> The Shandwick Place and Lothian Road corridors are well-served locally by Lothian Buses and other operators outwith Edinburgh. West End, Edinburgh The West End () of Edinburgh, Scotland, forms a large part of the city centre. The West End boasts many of