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Ex-private is now Air Commodore

... flying officer in 191 C and became a squadron-leader six years later. Mrs. Duncan faced a 66jury ,' of experts D ID Mrs. Helen Duncan a teen years ago false stomach a t kind of pouch which News Chronicle Reporter enabled her to bring back articles which ...

Published: Saturday 01 April 1944
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 651 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Daily Herald * SATURDAY,

... crowded round the dock she disappeared from sight—a massive, weeping woman in an expensive fur coat. Had Been For Seven Days Helen Duncan had never opened her mouth from start to finish of the seven-day trial—until the jury came back after 23-minutc retirement ...

Published: Saturday 01 April 1944
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 420 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MEDIUM WEEPS AND SHOUTS AT VERDICT Found guilty under the Witchcraft Act

... under the Witchcraft Act News Chronicle Reporter WEEPING, and shouting This is all lies; why do they do this to me? Mrs. Helen Duncan, 46-year-old medium, walked from the dock to the cells at the Old Bailey last night, after the jury had declared her ...

Published: Saturday 01 April 1944
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 525 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WITCHCRAFT ACT

... seances held at the Master Temple Psychic Centre. Portsmouth), the four defendants had pleaded not guilty. They were Mrs. Helen Duncan (46). medium. of Ktrkhlll Drive, Edinburgh; Ernest Edward Hartland Homer, druggist; and Elizabeth Anne Jones (said by the ...

A\ i MOST IN CONFIDENCE

... topical, so let us see how far we get with saying a little about each of them. I spent a day in the Old Bailey, where Mrs. Helen Duncan and three others were convicted under the Witchcraft Act of 1735. Fortunately, in my various incursions into psychic i ...

Published: Sunday 02 April 1944
Newspaper: Weekly Dispatch (London)
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1422 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

MEDIUM SENT TO PRISON FOR

... ‘Oh God!’ collapses moaning in the dock SENTENCE of nine months’ imprisonment was passed at the Old Bailey to-day on Mrs. Helen Duncan, aged 46, medium, described as of Kirkilldrive, Edinburgh, and Mil ;on-road, Portsmouth. She had been found guilty on Friday ...

Published: Monday 03 April 1944
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1476 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ORIMSBY EVENING TELEGRAPH APRIL 3 BLACK-OUT AND LIGHTING TIME 907 pm Sun Rise 730 am am Sun 837 pm Moon

... Joyce Ash (soprano) Mr Taffe (baritone) Mr Victor (violinist) NINE MONTHS’ GAOL FOR MRS DUNCAN WITCHCRAFT TRIAL SENTENCES HELEN DUNCAN known throughout Britain as a spiritualist medium collapsed moaning in the Old Bailey dock to-day Uvhen the Recorder (Sir ...

Published: Monday 03 April 1944
Newspaper: Grimsby Daily Telegraph
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 4325 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE WITCHCRAFT

... THE WITCHCRAFT TRIAL. SENTENCES PASSED. MEDIUM COLLAPSES. Mrs. Helen Duncan. known throughout Britain as a spiritualist medium, collapsed moaning in the Old Bailey dock to-day when the Recorder (Sir Gerald Dodson) sentenced her to nine months' imprisonment ...

Published: Monday 03 April 1944
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 209 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Witchcraft Trial Sentences: Mrs. Duncan's Dramatic Cry

... found guilty of conspiring to contra vene Section 4 of the Witchcraft Act, 1735, WU passed today as follows :-- hIRS. HELEN DUNCAN (46), medium, of Kirkhill-drive, Edinburgh, and Milton-road, Portsmouth—NlNE MON THS' IMPRISONMENT. MRS. FRANCES BROWN ...

Published: Monday 03 April 1944
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 590 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

NINE MONTHS' SENTENCE ON MEDIUM Appeal To Be Lodged: Bail Refused

... NINE MONTHS' SENTENCE ON MEDIUM Appeal To Be Lodged: Bail Refused Mrs. Helen Duncan, known throughout Britain as a spiritualist medium, collapsed. moaning in the Old Bailey (London) dock to-day, when the Recorder (Sir Gerald Dodson) sentenced her to nine ...

Published: Monday 03 April 1944
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 185 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Business .. Women Back Spiritualists Stand . By Teachers Guilty .Medium . REPRESENTATIVES of nearly 5,000 ..

... REPRESENTATIVES of nearly 5,000 business and By a Staff Raportor Professional women the prot ested m strong terms et st MRS. HELEN DUNCAN, the Edinburgh medium, Government's action over the one of the four found Guilty at the Education at a meeting lb Old ...

Published: Monday 03 April 1944
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1054 | Page: 3 | Tags: none