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When were the laws that convicted people of being witches abolished in britain?

When were the laws that convicted people of being witches abolished in britain?
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When were the laws that convicted people of being witches abolished in britain?

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The Witchcraft Act of 1735 in Britain made it a crime to claim that anyone, including ones own self, was a witch or practiced witchcraft and this act was abolished in 1951 with the institution of the Fraudulent Mediums Act
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