WITCHCRAFT CASE.
WOMEN DECLARED INSANE. (by cable—press association—copyright.) (austbalian and n.z. cable association.) (Received April 19th, 7.15 p.m.) PARIS; April 19. In the Desnoyers case, doctors reported to the Court that Marie Desmin, the founder of the sect, Notre Dame des Fleurs, was insane. Two of her woman disciples, who flogged the Abbe, were mentally irresponsible, and thus could not be -convicted..
[Ten woman, members of the JDrder of Notre Dame des Fleurs, were charged with flogging Abbe Desnoyers, of Bourbon. After Mass at Bourbon, several persons threw pepper in the Abbe's eyes, bound him, and flogged him. They accused him of witchcraft.] /
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18670, 20 April 1926, Page 7
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