FRENCH SORCERY TRIAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3409, 13 February 1920, Page 2

FRENCH SORCERY TRIAL.

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A WEEPING IMAGE. An (:‘Xt,l"clOl’d‘i]lEll‘_V' ~ss.l'nl-3' of e.re(lulit_v has bffiii laid at Bordeaux. {lf a socalled sorcery trial, in which a police official, a s-tockbroker, an orchestra conductor, and a bank clerk were found guilty of assaulting a Syrian priest. Sapounghi, and were sentenced to three months‘ imprisonment and fined £2O. 'l‘ll.\—. :1:<sa11lt coil<*~ci'm*'Ll :1 1llll‘{!Cl110llS figure. called the Weeping Virgin, which is reputed to have wept real tears, by which the sick could be cui-« ed. It is alleged that Sapovunghi, desiriiig to gain possession of this image, cast an evil spell over its! possessor," Ma<lameV,Mesill, who cleclhfiéd that she had been bitten on the face b? an invisible mouth, and had been as-

sailed =b-y “terrible suffering, so that she bec.-.anle homicidal. Her friends beat Sapounghi, attempting to get his supply of blood. of toads and other unclean animals, and a nude wax black figure which he used in his sorceries.