Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-29
FENCES AND THIEVES.
A Special Hearing I'm the Harbour
Evening.

Last evening a session was held by the Police
Court to hear the cases OF Jos. Harbour on the
charge Of receiving stolen goods Second ofYense)
and Of Mrs. sophia Harbour, charged with receiv-
Ing stolen goods in four cases. Mr.. Jos. Shilling
ton appeared for She government, and Mr.. c.
Maurice Smith for the defendant There was
quite a large audience present, including num-
Der OF members OF the bar and neighbors OF the
defendants.
TIE CASES AGAINST MRS HARBOUR
were first called Henry johnson, the co..
Ored porter, employed by Mr.. Hofra, IT,
Jeweler, was placed on the stand. Ia
testified that he mad had transactions wit
Mrs. Harbour at the grocery on I'd street, betwecI
q street and Massachusetts avenue. In the SUM-
mer OF 81 he sold her two pen-knives for so or 40
cents apiece. he had taken the knives from Mr..
HOfA's store. he did so when Mrs. Harbour asked
HIN 10 get her pen-knife. After getting one he
got the other. Witness said he had no understand
Ing before his arrest that he was 10 be used as
witness. he repeated that he got the knives at
the Instance OF Mrs Harbour. she asked him TO
get them from the store. knowing that he was
employed there. The witness gave similar testi-
mony In relation 70 the theft and disposition OF
gold l.ee-pin, an eye-glass, and chain
OllUer Block TESTIFIED that, with Detective Ran
he welt 10 the house or MIS-. Harbour 10 serve a
search warrant and found the articles some had
the cost mark on They were found In an upper
rom, aud when he asked where they came from
she stated that they were from Hona's- He took
them 10 Mr.HO1a, who Identified them. When
johnson c4Iue In he asked about them. He was
Affected and SAID ne HaQ taken the goods As 10
the money paid ne received II from the girl Peck.
Witness mad been TO the district attorney and IN
terceded for Johnson because Nj. HOna ha spoken
well OF him The articles were found In a bed
room ON crOss-examlnation witness denied that
be had pushed the charges against Mrs Harbour.
The search warrant was Tor watch which was
not found They found the other articles. She
simply sid thai she got them at HOffa's.
Mr.. HOna testified mat johnson had been in his
employ, and he Identified the articles, which ne
said he had not gwen 20 Johnson He told John-
he had better tell the truIn, and he would not
turn his hand 20 prosecute him johnson asked
about getting on alter having admitted that lie
took the articles and BLOCK replied that he could
make no PROMISES; that he would have TO 20 10
headquarters.
Mr. sultn said the defense would be that The de-
fendaDt was not a woman OF the brightest mind,
and that she was imposed upon; that she never adj
yised the larceny, out had advanced money for the
articles
MRS. HARBOUR rEsTIFIEs.
MIS- Harbour testified that she got the articles
from johnson, but she did not tell him to steal;
she Understood that he paid for them On cross
examination she said she asked him to get the
articles because she thought he could get them at
cost Theeyegiasses she wanted Tor her own use;
The lace pan she bought Tor her daughter, and the
knives for her son
The court SAID that on the testimony OF John
son alone he could not hold the defendant, but
even Mrs. Harbour corrooorated him except as TO
one point be could DOT take the testimony OF q
thief without confederation. but here was a case
where the cOrrOOoration Is not wanting IL was
proper for the Officers 70 break up the fences for
the Fagfns Made the thieves, and when fences
were broken up thieying would be less common
than now.
Mr.. smith suggested that his client was more of
victim than criminal, ana he suggested that
the case 90 over TO get testimony " character
A me Of 600 Cs25 IN eacD OF the four casesl was
imposed and sentence suspended.
JOSEPH HARBOUR HELD FOR THE GRASD JURY
The case against Joseph Harbour OF the larceny
Of a trunk lock valued at 81 was heard. Walter
SlLaonds testified that he porter In the store
OF Mr.. Kneesi; that he took the lock from the
store and sold IL 10 Harbour for Is cents. lie had
disposed OF other locks obtained In the same way
Mr.. kneesl Testified W the Iacts and gave Slmonds
a good character.
Mr.. smith urged the discharge OF the accused.
The court said that slmonds Is thief; that he
J. uncontTadlcJed and IL was, therefore, necessary
that his story be corrobOrated. lie held that there
Was sufficient corrOOoration 10 make out a Case OF
grand jury.
Harbour not having his bail present the judy
nent was not entered