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Foreign News
March 25, 1763
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
In London, two impostors posing as Turks collected money via forged fire-ruin claims; revealed as Jews at Guildhall, the elder was forcibly shaved and both whipped from the city.
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OCR Quality
98%
Excellent
Full Text
Some time since, two persons who pretended themselves to be Turks, one about 60 years of age, the other 18, who past for the old man's son, were apprehended in this city, for having by forged papers, importing that they had been ruin'd by fire, collected large sums of money. They were examined at Guildhall, when they both prov'd to be Jews and impostors; and the old man, who had a beard above six inches long, was sentenced to be shaved, which operation, by help of half a dozen stout fellows to hold him, old Levi was obliged to undergo immediately in court. They were both afterwards whipt out of the City.
What sub-type of article is it?
Fraud
Imposture
What keywords are associated?
Impostors
Turks Pretense
Jews Fraud
Guildhall Examination
Public Whipping
What entities or persons were involved?
Old Levi
Where did it happen?
This City
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
This City
Event Date
Some Time Since
Key Persons
Old Levi
Outcome
old man sentenced to be shaved and both whipped out of the city
Event Details
Two persons pretending to be Turks, one about 60 years old and the other 18 posing as his son, were apprehended for collecting money with forged papers claiming ruin by fire. Examined at Guildhall, they proved to be Jews and impostors. The old man with a six-inch beard was shaved in court with assistance to hold him.