... absence could be readily surmised. They were convicted by Mr. Flowers, under the Vagrancy Act, for using certain devices, by palmistry or otherwise, to obtain money; and the words of the statute were retained, as he could personally testify, although omitted ...

... Queen's Benob. The principal question for the decision of tbe superior court will be whether the omission of the words by palmistry orotherwise invalidatedthe' conviction, a' ruled by the Assistant-judge. OBsTmUOTING THE Tn.&mWAY.-Two men named Holt and ...

... efforts made by Mr. C. M. Lunyoui, the Chairman remarked that he wvas not aware that he 'praei tisod any subtle arts, by palmistry or otherwise ?? (lauglster)-but he had introduced no less than seventyI members to the Association. (Cheers.) Baron POLLOOc ...

... subtle craft, means, or device, by palmistry or otherwise, to deceive and impose on any of her Majesty's subjects, is liable to be convicted as a rogue and a vagabond, and that the conviction omitted the words by palmistry or otherwise. It was held by ...

... conviction before Mr. Flowers. The grant of the mandamus only proceeds on the ground that the omis- sion of the words by palmistry or otherwise was immaterial, and did not justify the quashing of the conviction.; since the defendant, in the opinion of ...

... country, courts of justice should be busy with trials of various persons for extorting money from her Majesty's lieges by palmistry and other subtle devices. So slow is the progress of our race. After four centuries of existence and (in England at any ...

... obtain money by subtle craft and deceit, and that that subtle craft and deceit came within the meaning of the scord palmistry as used in the Act under which Slade was prose- cuted. Would not this be an opinion adverse to the appellant on the nmerits ...

... direction. An astrologer has just been convicted in North Devon of using certain subtle craft, means, or device by palmistry and otherwise to deceive and impose on certain of Her Majesty's subjects, his means being the use of metal rods engraved ...

... South Afolton, in North Devonshire, to one month's imprisonment, for having used certain subtle craft, means, and devices by palmistry or otherwise, to deceive and impose on her Majesty's subjects, and notably on Elizabeth Saunders, an old woman who died under ...

... - were omitted, the transaction might possibly give rise to another instructive decision on the meaning of the words by palmistry or otherwise. The sanme page prcsents us in sober reality with the substance of an ancient Caiibyidge jest. An undergraduate ...

... were omitted, the transaction might possibly give rise to another instructive decision on the meaning of the words by palmistry or otherwise. The same page presents us in sober reality with the substance of an ancient Cambridge jest. An undergraduate ...

... He received a fee of 25S., but the woman afterwards died, and he was then prosecuted and convicted of obtaining money by palmistry and subtle devices. The magistrates sentenced him to a mrionth's imprisonment, but remitted the hard labour in consideration ...