Of Scotland Yardxx-xx-xx xxx Witchcraft Law

Hey, Brooke. You remember 1944, of course, that critical fifth year, which was to see the beginning of the end of the greatest and most destructive war in history. You remember the Daily Headlines, the latest progress on this front and that?

A naval battle here, mass bombing raid there, pictures and maps, official communiques, eye with his accounts, claims and counter claims? Any story not bearing on the war had to be good in those days to reach the front page.

Even the most horrific murders that would normally have earned screamer headlines were often dismissed in a few paragraphs and tucked away somewhere in the back. But there are some stories that will always be big news.

And when in March 1944, four people stood out trial at the Old Bailey London for offenses against the witchcraft act of 1735, public interest reached out of fever heat that for a few days the war took second place.

Let's look over the story again now, shall we? Let's see what it was that said legal experts delving among old and half forgotten laws. Finally to unearth and invoke one which spoke dark of such things as sorcery, enchantment and conjuration.

What's most of the time is the Mr. and Mrs. Edward Homer, who kept a small and braggish on. Over it was a room registered as the Master Temple Psychic Center for Mr. and Mrs. Homer spiritually.

That is to say, they believe not only as most of us do, that human beings have souls or spirits which survive the death of the body, but also that these spirits can and do communicate with the living through mediums.

Now two fundamental points of a democracy are freedom of thought and worship. Far be from me to a question of validity of spiritualism, nor can be very said with this ever the purpose of the prosecution.