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His birthplace is as uncertain as his birth date, being variously given as Newry or Londonderry . He emigrated to Scotland and worked as a labourer on the Union Canal . He then moved to Edinburgh where he met a man named Logue. When Logue died in 1826, He took Margaret Laird, Logue's widow, as his Common-law Wife and the two ran a lodging house. :''Main article West Port Murders Hare confessed to the murders and gave evidence against Burke in return for his freedom, while Burke was Hanged . Released the following February, there are various conflicting and unreliable accounts of Hare's later life, none of which records his eventual death:
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