The, Birmingham' magistrates have sentenced 1 an r ojl woman named "Jackson to three' monks' imprisonment ,for obtaining goods under l false pretences. A young -servant, with a child,' consulted the prisoner^ with a view to learning if the 'father" would marry her. The accused, ' who . i& a professional fortune-teller, told her a widower would marry her, and she would live happily. The, wid6w.er s did ,not come., and the girl ' getting* iihpatient had further consultationsj^ajjirig jnoney each, time. At last the prisoner induced her to part with four 'dresses^ saying / she would take them'tb JoKn' Smith, of Leamington upon whom tliey would' act as a spell and compel him to marry her. She. pawned the dresses insteadC '
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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 79, 21 July 1877, Page 3
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