Rex v. Cook

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Rex v. Cook

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Title Proper F0 GR0419 BOX 386 FILE 145
Date(s) 1931
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Thomas Cook was accused of robbery with violence against Saburo Tanaka. Saburo Tanaka ran a grocery store at 868 Howe Street, Vancouver; Tanaka was held up in his store by Cook, who was accompanied by a woman, Othea Johnson.
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