Probation for a Gypsy.— A Cornish gypsy. Harriet Richards, aged 72, who sold “magic carpets” and promised a farmer she would “put on the planets” to remove evil spells from his family, was put on probation for three years and ordered to pay £lOO within 28 days by a London Court. Richards admitted that she obtained more than £6OO from the farmer over , three years. Defending counsel said Richards had already repaid £l5O and her 14 children were willing to put up £lOO as compensation. Richards had more than 100 grandchildyen.—London, June 28.
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Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28009, 2 July 1956, Page 6
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