FORTUNE TELLING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21647, 13 November 1933, Page 14

FORTUNE TELLING

DETECTIVE'S HOROSCOPE SEQUEL IN THE COURT DEFENCE NOT ACCEPTED [ lIV TK T, ECS It A I'll < IWX CO lIU KS I'O N 1)1. NT 1 WKLLINGTON, Sattminy A charge of undertaking to tell fortunes was denied by Donald Campbell, nged fib, i" the Police Court this morning. The evidence showed that the billowing advertisement in a newspaper on August -1 came to the notice of the police: —"Horoscopes accurately detailed. Expert occult knowledge. Details for stamp -Leo Bernardo, Courtena.y Place, Wellington." DetectiveSergeant Novell was instructed to reply to the advertisement, which he did under the name of Mrs. K. Mclntyro. in due .course lie received a communication from I/co Bernardo, which I purported to be a horpseopio reading. < Among other tilings it was stated: —j "Your .prudence is most remarkably, outlined. You are slow to coniido in j anyone, or to make real friends, while always checrlui in your relations to-j ward your fellow beings. You will ac-I quire wealth by your own personal! merits, and also by an inheritance . from an unexpected source. Ownership! of an estate will be contested by relatives by marriage or by the surviving j parent, but you will come out victorious. "Child Will Rise to Fame" "Eventually you will obtain the! favours of one of lofty standing, corn-j pelling a. journey which, quite apart j from being pleasant, will be a profit-} a bio one. The indications arc that one! of your children will riso to fame and ; glory. You have many solid friends; : others are wolves in sheep's garments j and are treacherously disposed toward j you. "Indications arc that in the latter j part of your life you will experience i an illness deemed to be serious, but | you will completely recover and out- j live many of those all around you. ; Illnesses peculiar to your sign are; fever, trouble of the heart and eyes, j Do not become impatient if things do > not come out as you had hoped and | expected, as they will all work out lot ■, the best in the end, and not so very ! far ahead cither. "The following happenings arc likely to occur in the near future: —You will witness a funeral, will be present at a wedding, where you will meet a stranger who will become a great friend. Wednesday is your lucky day. Look at your past and you will find it so. Correspondence Since Prohibited "The stars indicate that you will never gain anything by lottery or games of chance. On the contrary, more losses are shown than gains, but great prosperity is indicated in the latter part of your existence." Evidence of seeing the advertisement and of receiving the reply was given by Detective-Sergeant Novell, j He said ho had sent a postal note to j Bernardo and had received a chart re- j quiring the imprint of his forefinger, j the date of his birth, a sample of his hair and his name and address. On j November 9 he visited Bernardo at his < rooms, and Bernardo said that his; name was Donald Campbell. Corres-; pondence in the rooms showed that defendant had communicated with numerous people, ami witness found replies similar to the one In? had re- j ccived purporting to fell the future, j On October 21 defendant's correspond- : eneo had been prohibited by the postal j authorities, and consequently he could j no longer carry on. Defendant's Trade Mark Campbell handed m a written state- j incut to the magistrate, Mr. W. F. Stilwell. He admitted having had vast correspondence, but said he could not show a surplus because all his earnings went in expenses. lie explained to the Court that his business was not based on fortune telling, but on auto suggestion. To the best of his ability be had tried to advise people to follow the right path and avoid the wrong. Mr. SLilwell asked defendant why ho published on bis letterhead a photograph of an extremely intelligent man other than himself. "That's my trade mark," replied Campbell. "1 wonder what the owner would say about that," said Mr. Stilwell. Tho magistrate held that the police had proved their case and that Camphell had endeavoured to tell the future, j Defendant claimed that he had ap- i peased mental anguish, but it was quite likely that he had accentuated | and increased it. He could not be allowed to go on with the business. Detective-Sergeant Novell said that Campbell had been fined £2 for tho same class of offence in Auckland last ] year. He bad made no wealth out of j his present business. Defendant was lined £M.