WHEN ACT WAS NEEDED TO STOP WITCHCRAFT
Recei\ed Tuesdav, 7 p.m. LOXDOX, Dec. 9. A group of Labour t'ommoners has put ilowii an amendment to the f'rimin al Juslire Hill seeking tlie repeal of tlie Witchcraft Act of 1735. Tliis acl ivpealeil u statute niade in the reign of Jutnes 1 presciibing penalties against " conjur.al ion, witchcraft and dealing with evil and wicked spiril Titi1 7-573 uct, however, boldly declared t fiat witchcraft did not exist and declared tlie penalties against any claiining suvh poweis "whereby ignorant persons are t'requeiil 1 v debnled and defrauded ". It is now suggested that in this tnore ea liglit eiu'd age these powers are no longer necessary. Tlie last puldie exccution for witchcraft in Hngland was in 1 7 1 (» when a uonian and her nine-year-old daughter were hanged at Huntingdon.
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 December 1947, Page 5
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