Act 1735 facts
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The Witchcraft Act 1735 banned pork pastries such as sausage rolls in Britain on Halloween. The law wasn't repealed until the 1950s.
England's Witchcraft Act of 1735 was still legal up until 1951. It was replaced by the Fraudulent Mediums Act.
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About Helen Duncan, a professional medium who in 1945 became the last person to ever be convicted of witchcraft in the UK, because the Witchcraft Act of 1735 was the only law on the books at the time that forbade fraudulently claiming to conjure spirits
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The last person to be punished by the Witchcraft Act of 1735 was as recent as 1942 when a Scottish woman called Helen Duncan was arrested for summoning a dead sailor from a sunken warship.
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Helen Duncan, the last person to be imprisoned under the British Witchcraft Act of 1735. She was famous for producing fraudulent ectoplasm made from cheesecloth.
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The last person prosecuted for contravening the British Witchcraft Act (1735) was convicted in 1944. Israel still has the same law, introduced by the British Mandate, and South Africa has a version influenced by it.
