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…His visionary skills began to attract attention, and from 1939 Alois Irlmaier was increasingly visited by people who sought for advice and information. He built a small hut for this purpose because so many people came to his property on the weekends. He offered his services for free and were completely voluntary. …However, that did not stop people from claiming he was a fraudster and even a warlock.



In 1947 Irlmaier was reported to the local court in Laufen by a pastor who accused him of fraud and 'jugglery', which was a criminal offense under the Bavarian Police Criminal Code until 1957. Irlmaier had at this time 15 previous criminal records, seven were due to accusations of fraud and the other eight times due to payment / debt difficulties.



During the trial two witnesses stated that Irlmaier's prophecies were contradictory and they did not believe him, while five other witnesses testified that Irlmaier's interpretations were correct. Irlmaier then astounded the court when he was able to describe what the Judge's wife was wearing that particular day and what she was doing right at the time without having seen her or indeed, having never met her. "“Your wife is now at home. A red dress is on and a gentleman is with her. Let's see if it's true," Irlmaier declared, also stating the two were drinking coffee together, and, it turned out to be exactly true.   A fraud conviction was therefore ruled out. The court also cleared Irlmaier of the accusation of juggling, since this could not be determined with the necessary certainty.



The court ruled, “In the present case, the court cannot make a clear statement that the accused is a juggler. Conversely, this is not intended to establish that the defendant's visions… actually arose from a gift of vision. ” However, the court also noted: “The witnesses heard, have confirmed the existence of the gifts of clairvoyance of the accused, and testified things so astonishing and beyond explanation by only the forces of nature, in a way that is impossible to define him as a charlatan.” This ruling can still be found in the Munich State archives: (BezA / LRA 208.026)

I believe the Russian ones were into Europe and China into the US.

I didn't know that juggling was a crime.    Maybe it should be.