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SEANCE TRIAL: MRS. DUNCAN MRS. HELEN DUNCAN throughout Ordain as ' a spiritualist medium , collapsed moaning in ..

... SEANCE TRIAL: MRS. DUNCAN MRS. HELEN DUNCAN throughout Ordain as ' a spiritualist medium , collapsed moaning in the Old SENTENCED Bailey dock today when the Recorder. Sir Gerald Godson, sentenced her to nine months' imprisonment for her part in the Witchcraft ...

Published: Monday 03 April 1944
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 190 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MRS.JDUNCAN LOSES WITCHCRAFT CASE APPEAL THE Court of Criminal - 1 - Appeal, in a considered judgment, today ..

... WITCHCRAFT CASE APPEAL THE Court of Criminal - 1 - Appeal, in a considered judgment, today dismissed the appeals of Mrs. Helen Duncan, Mrs. Frances Brown, of N e wbott le, Houghton • le- Spring, Durham, Ernest Edward Hartland Homer, and Mrs. Elizabeht Ann ...

Published: Monday 19 June 1944
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 111 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

New Charge Against A Medium

... New Charge Against A Medium A FURTHER adjournment on bail until February 29 was granted at Portsmouth in the case of Mrs. Helen Duncan, described as a medium, of jCirkhill•drive. Edinburgh. and iltowegiad. Portsmouth. who le charged with using certain subtle ...

Published: Tuesday 08 February 1944
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 136 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Defence Say Police Endangered Medium

... endangered Ihe body of a woman described as a spiritualist medium was alleged by the defence at Portsmouth. The woman. Mn. Helen Duncan (45). of Park Hilldrive. Linburgh. and Miltonroad. Portsmouth. was charged under the Vagrancy Act with using certain subtle ...

Published: Tuesday 25 January 1944
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 179 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

'WITCHCRAFT: MRS. DUNCAN'S APPEAL

... 'WITCHCRAFT: MRS. DUNCAN'S APPEAL THE appeal of Mrs. Helen Duncan, the medium, who was sontenced at the Old Bailey to nine months' imprisonment for conspiring to cent r he Witchcraft Act of 1735, will come Wore the Court of Criminal Appeal, London, next ...

Published: Friday 19 May 1944
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 186 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Little Theatre

... lasting- seven* days, had been found “Guilty” of conspiring to contravene Section 4 of the Witchcraft Act (1735)/ Mrs. Helen Duncan (40), medium, described of Klrkhiil-drive, Edinburgh. and MUton-road, Portsmouth, was sentenced to nine months imprisonment ...

Published: Tuesday 04 April 1944
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 248 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Screen Spirit Seized By Constable

... officers who attended a spiritualist meeting Portsmouth, dived on a figure which appeared on a screen and found that it was Helen Duncan, Kirkhill Drive, Edinburgh, and Miltonroad, Portsmouth, it was alleged at Portsmouth today. (40), a married woman and ...

Published: Thursday 20 January 1944
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 263 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Didn’t Want Pity

... Organiser, thanked Madame Helene. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. G. H. Banwell. MRS. DUNCAN’S APPEAL The appeal of Mrs. Helen Duncan, the medium, who was sentenced at the Old Bailey to nine months' imprisonment for conspiring to contravene the Witchcraft ...

Published: Friday 19 May 1944
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 254 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Constable’s Dive At ‘‘Spirit” Figure A WAR RESERVE constable, one of a number of police officers who attended a ..

... officers who attended a Spiritualist meeting in Portsmouth, dived on a figure which appeared on a screen and found that it was Helen Duncan, of Kirkhill-drive,, Edinburgh; and Milton-road, Portsmouth, It was alleged at Portsmouth to-day. Duncan, 40-year-old married ...

Published: Thursday 20 January 1944
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 264 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Mrs. Duncan’s Appeal TH E Court of Criminal Appeal, in a considered judg> ment to-day, dismissed the appeals of ..

... Mrs. Duncan’s Appeal TH E Court of Criminal Appeal, in a considered judg> ment to-day, dismissed the appeals of Mrs. Helen Duncan, Mrs. Frances Brown, of Newbottle, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham; Ernest Edward Hartland Homer and Mrs. Elizabeth Ann JoneSj ...

Published: Monday 19 June 1944
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 270 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

“Visited by Relatives” Witnesses’ Stories of Seances FURTHER evidence for the defence in the Witchcraft Act ..

... Old Bailey yesterday, when witnesses spoke to seeing materialisation of relatives. The defendants in the case ar \lrs. Helen Duncan HP), medium, giving addresses at St. T Portsmouth; Elizabeth A”* Jones, giving the same address Homer, and said by the ...

Published: Wednesday 29 March 1944
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 310 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Mrs. Duncan Loses Seance Case Appeal

... Duncan Loses Seance Case Appeal rne uourt or uriminiu Appeal, in a considered judgment, to-day dismissed the appeals of Mrs. Helen Duncan, Mrs. Frances Brown, of Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, Ernest Edward Hartoland Homer and Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Jones, both of ...

Published: Monday 19 June 1944
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 339 | Page: 8 | Tags: none