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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

... 81b Mr Waller's Mystery Mr Jennings's Sweet Home, Lord Westmoreland's cby Pro» Sir F. Johnstone's Freemason, mised Land—Palmistry 31b J. Wood's by Surplice— Count F. de Conde , Smut Capt. MachelTt, C ilherine XTING APPOINTMENTS. HIS GRACE T.'li. DUKE ...

Published: Thursday 18 January 1866
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 468 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

... Bianca Distin Capella Stockstill, 31b Mystery C by Vedette-Glen- Miss Bateman C by Promised Land ochty C by Muscovite- -Palmistry Odin T el Confessional Young Lord, 31b Bonnie Doon, 81b Secrecy, 31b Littleport, 31b ,p id C Rataplan— Fnponnier, 31b J Amanda ...

Published: Monday 07 May 1866
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 2307 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE BATH AND SOMERSET MEETING

... anca dlebie Distin Capella Stockstill, 81b Mystery C by Vedette—Glen- Miss Bateman C by Promised Land ochty Muscovite— —Palmistry Odin Melody Confessional Young Lord, 31b Lady Rose Bonnie Doon, 31b Secrecy, 81b Littleport, 31b (paid) C by Rataplan— Friponnier ...

Published: Wednesday 09 May 1866
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 4340 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Chiromancy, or the art of foretelling person's future by the inspection of his hands, was onoe form of ..

... chiefly consists running a silver coin along the lines that cross the palm, may pretend to importance under the designation of palmistry; chiromancy was of a much more pretentious nature. tract which has appeared in Paris connection with the Pantin murders shows ...

Published: Friday 12 November 1869
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 2125 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

regret to learn that Mr Samuel Motley has been prevented by a very severe oold from attending the Honse of

... Bath.—At the Bath potty session yesterday an old gipsy, named Mary Davis, was charged with pretending to tell fortunes by palmistry and cards, thereby defranding two servant girls, named Elizabeth Jliison and Emily Garland, October last. It appeared that ...

Published: Tuesday 23 March 1875
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1446 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE SPIRITUALIST PROSECUTION

... Vagrant Act. By that Act it is provided that every person professing to tell fortunes, or by subtle means or devices, by palmistry or otherwise, to deceive or impose upon any of her Majesty's subjects, shall be deemed to gudty of the offence of vagrancy ...

Published: Wednesday 04 October 1876
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 3574 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE CHARGE AGAINST A BRISTOL SPIRITUALIST

... under the Vjjrsnt Act with having, at Huddersiield, on the 23rd of rctober, used certain subtle craft, means, or devices, palmistry or otherwise, whereby he had imposed npon (irtsin of her Majesty's subjects, Geo. Hepplestono and Bedford Lodge. MrLcsiwooJ ...

Published: Saturday 11 November 1876
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1713 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE PROSECUTION OF A BRISTOL SPIRITUALIST

... brought charged under the Vagrant Act with on the 23rd Oct., Hudderafield, by certain subtle means, craft, or device, by palmistry or otherwise, imposed upon and deceived George Henry Heppleston, Henry Bedford Lodge, and others of her Majesty's subjects ...

Published: Monday 13 November 1876
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1859 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

DR. SLADE'S APPEAL

... queation to be disposed of is whether the words or otherwise can be construed to apply the case of a spiritualist, neither palmistry nor anything of the ordinary practice fortune telling was resorted to the seances oi Dr. ...

Published: Tuesday 02 January 1877
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 346 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE CONVICTION OF A SPIRITUALIST

... brings itself within the cognisance of our law. There undoubtedly persons who stiU believe that fortunes may be told by palmistry and such other processes, but old women are punished for extorting money out of raw country servant-girls under the pre> ...

Published: Thursday 18 January 1877
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 187 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE EASTERN QUESTION

... appeal; Monck r. Hilton '' was heard. The appellant, socalled spiritualist, was convicted under the Vagrancy Act for using palmistry and subtle devices to defraud her Majesty's subjects. The appeal against the decision of the Huddersfield bench was grounded ...

Published: Saturday 20 January 1877
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1534 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE PROSECUTION OF DR. MONCK

... from the old Act against gipsies or Egyptians, and was aimed at the practice of telling fortunes by palmistry or by things ejusdem generis with palmistry such as chromancy, or looking at the lines of the face, and did not apply to the evocation of spirits ...

Published: Monday 22 January 1877
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 721 | Page: 4 | Tags: none