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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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    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Object NumberTSPA_0074731F
    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(...)
    McConnell, Colin
    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
    Cooper, David
    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
    Bull, Ron
    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
    McConnell, Colin
    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
    McConnell, Colin
    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(...)
    Darrell, Dick
    11/16/1982
    Neil Proverbs, Jury deliberated eight hours in dramatic trail
    Neil Proverbs, Jury deliberated eight hours in dramatic trail
    Darrell, Dick
    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]
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    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.
    Slaughter, Mike
    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
    Behal
    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
    Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758-1837
    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
    Church of England
    1778