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Neil Proverbs, The 50-year-old stock promoter tried to set up two Metro policemen after they had charged him with possession of a weapon. He said he w(...)
Neil Proverbs, The 50-year-old stock promoter tried to set up two Metro policemen after they had charged him with possession of a weapon. He said he w(...)

Neil Proverbs, The 50-year-old stock promoter tried to set up two Metro policemen after they had charged him with possession of a weapon. He said he w(...)

Date12/7/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Neil Proverbs, The 50-year-old stock promoter tried to set up two Metro policemen after they had charged him with possession of a weapon. He said he wanted to expose police lying but all it got him was a criminal record.
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A smile for the cameras, Stock promoter Neil Proverbs gets into car outside courtroom yesterday after being found guilty on a weapons charge. Fined $1(...)
A smile for the cameras, Stock promoter Neil Proverbs gets into car outside courtroom yesterday after being found guilty on a weapons charge. Fined $1(...)
12/7/1982
For the defence, Stock promoter Neil Cameron Proverbs leaves courtroom yesterday after cross-examining Sgt
For the defence, Stock promoter Neil Cameron Proverbs leaves courtroom yesterday after cross-examining Sgt
11/3/1982
Crown resigns: Deputy Crown Attorney Bob McGee, who has resigned, says his quitting had nothing to do with the weapons case against Neil Cameron Proverbs
Crown resigns: Deputy Crown Attorney Bob McGee, who has resigned, says his quitting had nothing to do with the weapons case against Neil Cameron Proverbs
11/1/1982
Two-minute tape: Liberal MPP Albert Roy, left, with his two minute Proverbs-Bullied tape, yesterday asked Attorney-General Roy McMurtry why a weapons charge was laid against Proverbs
Two-minute tape: Liberal MPP Albert Roy, left, with his two minute Proverbs-Bullied tape, yesterday asked Attorney-General Roy McMurtry why a weapons charge was laid against Proverbs
11/23/1982
Two-minute tape: Liberal MPP Albert Roy, left, with his two minute Proverbs-Bullied tape, yesterday asked Attorney-General Roy McMurtry why a weapons charge was laid against Proverbs
Two-minute tape: Liberal MPP Albert Roy, left, with his two minute Proverbs-Bullied tape, yesterday asked Attorney-General Roy McMurtry why a weapons charge was laid against Proverbs
11/23/1982
After the battle, Neil Cameron Proverbs is driven away from court by defence lawyer Philip Patterson last night after a County Court jury, deliberatin(...)
After the battle, Neil Cameron Proverbs is driven away from court by defence lawyer Philip Patterson last night after a County Court jury, deliberatin(...)
11/16/1982
Neil Proverbs, Jury deliberated eight hours in dramatic trail
Neil Proverbs, Jury deliberated eight hours in dramatic trail
11/16/1982
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
1/29/1986
Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
9/1/1978
David Humphrey: Proverbs' lawyer had offered to have accused drop the tapes into lake
David Humphrey: Proverbs' lawyer had offered to have accused drop the tapes into lake
11/16/1982
Proverbs, or, The manual of wisdom : being an alphabetical arrangement of the best English, Spanish, French, Italian, and other proverbs : to which are subjoined the wise sayings, precepts, maxims, and reflections of the most illustrious ancients
Proverbs, or, The manual of wisdom : being an alphabetical arrangement of the best English, Spanish, French, Italian, and other proverbs : to which are subjoined the wise sayings, precepts, maxims, and reflections of the most illustrious ancients
1804
An earnest exhortation to young persons lately confirmed : in a sermon on Proverbs XXIII, 19, preached after the primary visitation of John Lord Bishop of Durham
An earnest exhortation to young persons lately confirmed : in a sermon on Proverbs XXIII, 19, preached after the primary visitation of John Lord Bishop of Durham
1778