Surgeons' Hall demand for bodies for anatomical dissection exceeded supply. Two Irishmen living in Edinburgh, William Burke and William Hare, resorted to murdering victims to supply Knox's anatomy school. Hare turned King's evidence and Burke was tried, found guilty of murder and hanged. His body was dissected by Alexander Monro tertius, the University professor of anatomy, and the museum has on display two items from that notorious episode – Burke's death mask and a pocket book made from his skin. Joseph Bell (1837–1911) was an Edinburgh surgeon who was president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh between 1887–89. He was
Capital punishment in Japan Capital punishment in Japan Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Japan. It is applied in practice only for murder, and executions are carried out by hanging. Death sentences are usually reserved for cases of multiple murders, though some single murderers are occasionally hanged. Generally, the only time single murderers are executed is when they commit particularly heinous or depraved acts of murder, such as murder during a kidnapping, torture murder or murder during the commission of another violent crime. Beginning in about the 4th century, Japan became increasingly influenced by the Chinese judicial system, and gradually adopted a system