Word: turnhout
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When the trial began in the crenelated, moated courthouse of nearby Turnhout, Witgoor's constable was called to testify. He shuddered violently and protested that witchcraft was not a policeman's business. Then Judge Boone took a moment to clear his throat. In that moment the constable fled through the doorway to freedom. A court attendant hurried after him, but there was no sign of the fugitive. "Witchery," murmured the court spectators...
Last week, after a week's thought, Turnhout's judges decided Martha Minnen was no witch. They awarded her, not the $200 damages she had demanded...
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