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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Alshrim: [QB] Or not... Below is the story of a woman who was arrested and tried in England for witchcraft.. in 1944!!! Considering the fact that the last witch-burnings or hangings were in the 1700's - maybe some things take a little longer huh?? :) http://members.tripod.com/~helenduncan/Duncan.htm [QUOTE]anxious establishment debated the best charge to lay against this dangerous war criminal Helen Duncan . One her first appearance before the Portsmouth magistrates she had been charged under the catchall act of Vagrancy. This was later amended to one of Conspiracy which, in wartime Britain , carried the ultimate sentence of death by hanging. But by the time the case had been referred to England's central criminal court - know as the Old Bailey - the charge had been changed yet again . This time to one of witchcraft and an old Act of 1735 had been dredged out of the dusty law libraries . Under this ancient rune Helen Duncan and her innocent sitters wer accused of pretending 'to exercise or use human conjuration that through the agency of Helen Duncan spirits of deceased dead persons should appear to be present'. [/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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