# John Harborough — The Borough Treasurer character guide

> John Harborough in The Borough Treasurer by J. S. Fletcher.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Harborough, Jack Harborough

**First appearance:** 0000-i-blackmail

## Who they are

A poacher and enigma whom Highmarket cannot quite account for, charged with a murder that anonymous money insists he did not commit.

## Relationships

### [Mr. Brereton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/characters/mr_brereton)

_professional_

John Harborough and Mr. Brereton interact frequently, probably as legal or business associates.

### [Mr. Mallalieu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/characters/mr_mallalieu)

_rivalry_

John Harborough and Mr. Mallalieu have a notable number of interactions, suggesting a conflict or adversarial relationship.

### [Mr. Brereton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/characters/mr_brereton)

_professional_

John Harborough and Mr. Brereton interact frequently, probably as legal or business associates.

### [Mr. Mallalieu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/characters/mr_mallalieu)

_rivalry_

John Harborough and Mr. Mallalieu have a notable number of interactions, suggesting a conflict or adversarial relationship.

### [Mr. Brereton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/characters/mr_brereton)

_professional_

John Harborough and Mr. Brereton interact frequently, probably as legal or business associates.

### [Mr. Mallalieu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/characters/mr_mallalieu)

_rivalry_

John Harborough and Mr. Mallalieu have a notable number of interactions, suggesting a conflict or adversarial relationship.

## In the story

### [The Cord](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/v-the-cord)

Suspected due to the pig-killer's cord; his cottage is visited but he is not home.

### [VI: The Mayor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/vi-the-mayor)

Absent from home; the cut cord from his shed becomes key evidence against him.

### [VII: Night Work](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/vii-night-work)

Mallalieu focuses suspicion on him, using the cord from his shed and his presence at the bank as evidence; Harborough is missing.

### [VIII: Retained for the Defence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/viii-retained-for-the-defence)

Voluntarily comes to the station, denies guilt, refuses to disclose his alibi, and is detained after a boot tip is found at the crime scene.

### [Antecedents](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/ix-antecedents)

Arrested and charged with murder; refuses to reveal his alibi, insisting the truth will emerge from Kitely's past.

### [X: The Hole in the Thatch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/x-the-hole-in-the-thatch)

The accused; evidence against him includes banknotes and papers found hidden in his shed's thatch.

### [XIII: The Anonymous Letter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xiii-the-anonymous-letter)

Committed for trial, refuses to reveal his alibi, hints at a secret that could be found out.

### [The Scrap Book](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xviii-the-scrap-book)

The innocent man Brereton is defending; Brereton's investigation aims to clear him.

### [XIX: A Tall Man in Grey Clothes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xix-a-tall-man-in-grey-clothes)

Avice's father; described as having a temper but controlling it when confronting Mallalieu; his whereabouts on the night of the murder are partially accounted for by Mrs. Hamthwaite.

### [Mr. Wraythwaite of Wraye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xxvii-mr-wraythwaite-of-wraye)

Mentioned as the client whose alibi is established by Wraythwaite; foster-brother to Wraythwaite.

### [The Barrister's Fee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_borough_treasurer_se/chapters/xxxi-the-barrister-s-fee)

Acquitted and appointed steward and agent at Wraye.

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