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Unnamed Lisbon magistrate

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A well-known Lisbon magistrate who went to Ourém intending to laugh at popular credulity, according to the Lisbon column of the Porto paper Liberdade.

From LisboaTravelled from afarAttitude beforehand: Sceptic1 passage · 13 October 1917
13 OctSecond-handSaw itPress reportScepticTravelled from afar
As told by Lisbon correspondent of Liberdade ('Diario de Lisboa' column)
English

The first concerns a certain magistrate, very well known and jovial, who went to Ourem for an outing and with a vague intention of laughing at popular naivety. Well, he came back from there greatly impressed and confirming the apparition aloud.

Português (original)

O primeiro é passado com certo magistrado, muito conhecido e alegre, que foi a Ourem por passear e com vaga tenção de se rir da ingenuidade popular. Pois veio de lá impressionadissimo e confirmando, em alta voz, a aparição.

DCF III-1, Doc. 140 · press · 19 Oct 1917 (6 days later)View scans (2)Link