"WEIRD STORIES"
FORTUNE-TELLER FINED
Women with .relatives overseas had been told some "weird stories" by Elizabeth Green, who had been telling fortunes, said Detective-Sergeant W. McLennan in the Magistrate's Court today when Green pleaded guilty to two charges of undertaking to tell fortunes, and was fined £5 by Mr. W. F. Stilwell, S.M. Such fortune-telling was very disturbing at the present time, said Mr. McLennan. The accused was about 70 years of age and she lived in Hopper Street. There had been a number of complaints about her. Two policewomen visited her, and one was told by her that a relative overseas had been shot and would not return to New Zealand.
The accused said that "these two girls" came to her place together. The Magistrate: Yes. They wanted to catch you properly. The accused said she did very little fortune-telling. "These girls" had written to her before visiting her. Detective-Sergeant McLennan said there was quite a crowd of women waiting their turn when the policewomen visited the accused's house.
Under present-day conditions the accused was a nuisance and in some respects a menace, said the Magistrate.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 86, 8 October 1943, Page 3
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