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1989
Title/Headline:
POSG
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Port of Spain Gazette
Date:
29/11/1907
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The Magistrate quotes the Obeah ordinance, defining what obeah is: 'Obeah was defined in Ordinance 5 as "the pretended assumption of supernatural power or knowledge for fraudulent or illicit purposes, or for gain, or for injury to any person".' The magistrate condemns the methods of the police. He gives White one month hard labour; White appeals. Bail of £20 signed.

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