Articles > Newspapers > International Newspapers, Major Markets > The Press articles > September 1996

Article: Discharge on burglary count

Article from:
The Press
Article date:
September 7, 1996
Copyright

A Christchurch company director accused of attempting to burgle an adult lingerie shop was yesterday discharged by Justices of the Peace after a preliminary hearing in the Christchurch District Court.

Messrs John O'Hara and Don White said insufficient police evidence was available to establish that Kevin James Black, 28, was the same person as the one seen by a witness to the attempt on June 13 in Colombo Street about 3.30am.

Police evidence was that Mr Black was seen by a witness to take a water hydrant cover and attempt to break a glass door panel in the Adam and Eve lingerie shop. Mr Black was then found by police a short distance away and the ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: Schaefer Names 2 Blacks to District Court; ...
The Washington Post;  May 3, 1988 ;     550 words ... ... Missouri to the Circuit Court. Black leaders had pushed for a least one of the seats to go to a black. The appointments bring the number of blacks on the 10-member county District Court to three; there are two black judges on the 16-member ...

Article: Local lawyer chosen as new special district judge: She is the ...
Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK);  January 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... becoming the first black woman to be selected to join the district court bench here ... became the first black judge on the district court bench here in almost ... the only other black person to serve on the district court bench in Tulsa ...

Article: District Court Appointee to Be County's First ...
The Washington Post;  May 27, 1993 ;     597 words ... ... will become the first black woman judge in Prince ... appointment to the county's District Court last week by Gov. William ... re long overdue for a black woman judge," said ... Association, composed of 200 black lawyers in Prince George ... county. "Many people in District Court are ...

Article: This week in Black history.(Alice Coachman won the high ...
Jet;  August 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... London, becoming the first Black woman to win an Olympic Gold ... Olympics, making her the first Black American woman to endorse an ... James Parsons was the first Black named to a federal District Court in the continental U.S. on ...

Article: William Bryant, 94; first black to sit as chief of ...
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  November 16, 2005 ;     578 words ... ... 2005 William Bryant, 94; first black to sit as chief of District Court in D.C. Bloomberg news Date ... Judge William B. Bryant, the first black person to be chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, died ...

Article: IOWA COURT OF APPEALS ISSUES OPINION REGARDING FRED ABRAHAM VS. ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 16, 2008 ;     620 words ... ... Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FORBLACK HAWK COUNTY,Defendant ... Appellee. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County, Jon C. Fister ... challenges by certiorari the district court's dismissal of his application ...

Article: Judge Approves Black Farmers' Settlement.(Federal ...
Jet;  May 3, 1999 ;     687 words ... ... 2 billion for thousands of Black farmers, despite protests ... L. Friedman of the Federal District Court in Washington, D.C., came ... abused during the process. Black farmers sued two years ago ... farmers qualify. Still, some Black farmers had a lukewarm response ...

Article: James Benton Parsons: August 9, 1961. (on this date he became the ...
Jet;  August 14, 1995 ;     576 words ... ... this day became the first Black appointed a federal District Court judge by President John F. Kennedy. He was also the first Black to receive a lifetime appointment ... service as chief judge of the District Court. He died June 19, 1993 at ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives