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January 20, 2008

British Witchcraft Prosecution On Churchill's Watch

I found the following intriguing note in an appendix of Churchill's V5, bk 2 of his WWII history, from April 3, 1944:

Prime Minister to Home Secretary:

Let me have a report on why the Witchcraft Act, 1753, was used in a modern court of justice.

What was the cost of this trial to the State? - observing that witnesses were brought from Portsmouth and maintained them here in this crowded London for a fortnight, and the Recorder kept busy with all this obsolete tomfoolery, to the detriment of necessary work in the Courts.

I had to follow up on that, of course.

Here's what Google has to say. Helen Duncan was found guilty of witchcraft after telling a seance audience that a naval vessel had sunk.

Posted by Jon Kay at January 20, 2008 09:37 PM
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Now be fair there, Jon. She was NOT convicted of witchcraft. She was convicted under the Witchcraft Act for fraudulently claiming to communicate with the dead. To be convicted of witchcraft she's have had to be convicted of actually communicating with the dead.

Posted by: Tully at January 21, 2008 09:42 PM
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