TWO CONVICTED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 67, 21 March 1938, Page 10

TWO CONVICTED.

FORTUNE TELLERS. MAN WAS HAND-READER. STRANGE ADVICE TO WIFE. (Special.—By Air Mail.) LOXDOX, March 2. A fortune seller who advised a policeman's wife to go off with another man. and a woman who was said to prey on guileless young women wishing to have their fortunes told, were convicted. For pretending to tell fortunes by hand-reading, Colin Grey, of Grove Road, Eastbourne, was fined £9, with 30/ costs, at Eaetbourne. Evidence was given by three young women, who said they each paid Grey .)/. He tokl Miss Irene Stobbs. of Wiliingdon, that she had had great unhappiness in her home life, but matters would improve. In three yeare she I would be happily married and have one child. Miss Mildred Thompson, of Swinton Street, St. Pancras, wae told she would marry at the age of 35, her husband would die leaving her comfortably off. and she would marry again when she was near 60. Two Legacies. Mrs. Marjory Patrick, wife of an Eastbourne policeman, said Grey informed her she would have two legacies. In three years' time ehe would meet another man, who would mean more to her than any man had ever meant. She should not think twice about going off with him. When a fine of £3 and £2 5/ costs wa* imposed at Liverpool on Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, aged 54, of Norwood Grove, Liverpool, it was said she pretended to tell fortunes in a dimly-lit caravan. Mrs. Williams occupied a dimly lit caravan on waste ground. Policewomen found seven young women waiting in a hut to have their fortunes to'd. In the caravan there was an oil ljmp hung over a crystal glass which wae between Mrs. Williams and her clients. The also alleged that Mrs. Williams had been earning a lot of money by telling incredible stories. She charged 1/ per client and was snowed under with customers, who were mostly girls. Mrs. Wiiliams told the Court she had ceased to tell fortunes.