[SpringheelJack]

I doubt there's much warrant for pardoning her. I think what leaves people agape is that there was still a "Witchcraft" law in Britain that she ended up being tried under, but according to the BBC "she was the last person in Britain to be jailed under the act, which was repealed in 1951 and replaced with the Fraudulent Mediums Act".

I don't have a problem with a Fraudulent Mediums Act, and this woman was definitely a fraud. What seems to have drawn special attention to her is that some of her clients were privy to state secrets which she ended up leaking in order to establish her bonafides.

[mtbopfuyn]

What seems to have drawn special attention to her is that some of her clients were privy to state secrets which she ended up leaking in order to establish her bonafides.

Agreed.

[TYVets]

What seems to have drawn special attention to her is that some of her clients were privy to state secrets which she ended up leaking in order to establish her bonafides.

We should ask Harry Potter if she was guilty.

[TYVets]

What seems to have drawn special attention to her is that some of her clients were privy to state secrets which she ended up leaking in order to establish her bonafides.

We should ask Harry Potter if she was guilty.

[Waco]

A fraud? Like our CO2, energy and clean air frauds? To each his own, I guess.

[an amused spectator]

and this woman was definitely a fraud

You again! You are apparently always "certain" about things of which you have no direct evidence. After your pathetic performance on the Shroud of Turin thread, one would think that you'd be ashamed to poke your head up on another such thread.

But, nooooooooo - here you are!

OK, I'm just going to say it. You can't prove she was a fraud . Ever. No way, no how.

It's just your opinion that she was a fraud.

O-P-I-N-I-O-N

And on the Internet, opinions are like that certain orifice - pretty much everyone's got one.

[Squawk 8888]

Canada still has a law about witchcraft but it is about fraud, not sorcery. The Criminal Code offence of “Pretending to exercise witchcraft” is still regularly enforced in cases involving fortune-telling scams.