In 19thC Cornwall, the conjurer of Laddock could often return money to its rightful owner because the one who stole it was more afraid of the conjurer than the judge,

Polwhele, writing…of the famous conjurer of Ladock, affirmed that money of great amount had often been recovered through his agency, and added that he himself had witnessed the restoration of twenty guineas to the place where they had been stolen 'by a wench who feared the conjurer more than any Justice of the quorum'.