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to wit</note>
<lb></lb>
The Examination of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50680_n123-1">John Magnus Hastfer</rs>
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a<lb></lb>
Rogue and Vagabond apprehended in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50680_geo71">Parish<lb></lb>
of St. Luke</rs>
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in the said County and charged<lb></lb>
and convicted before me upon the Oath of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50680_n123-2">Jonathan Bowman</rs>
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for pretending to tell<lb></lb>
Fortunes, taken before me this 15th.<lb></lb>
day of April 1778</p>
<p n="124">Who being upon Oath says that he was born in Sweden, that<lb></lb>
he is 51 years of age, that he has been in England about 22<lb></lb>
years, that he has a Wife named <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50680_n124-1">Mary</rs>
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and seven Children,<lb></lb>
that he was not bred to any Business or Profession, that<lb></lb>
he rents a house of the Rent of ten Guineas a Year in<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50680_geo72">Parish of St. Luke</rs>
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where he has lived near 2<lb></lb>
years</p>
<p n="125">Sworn before me<lb></lb>
April 15th. 1778}</p>
<p n="126"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50680_geo73">Weddington</rs>
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