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Woman Convicted of Possessing Stolen Glenn Gould ItemsBarbara L. Moore, 62, who was indicted in May for allegedly stealing items from Library and Archives Canada’s Glenn Gould Collection in Ottawa and trying to sell them through a New York City dealer, was convicted of two misdemeanor counts of criminal possession of stolen property October 24.The jury acquitted Moore of two felony larceny counts, the Associated Press reported October 25. She was freed on $5,000 bail, but faces up to one year in jail when she is sentenced in Manhattan State Supreme Court December 13. Prosecutors had claimed that Moore stole documents, including a piece of paper that Gould had signed 18 times and an outline for a musical composition depicting sounds of the sea, when she was doing research at the library in the late 1980s. Moore claimed that the late Stephen Willis, head curator of the archives at the time, had given her the documents as gifts, the New York Times reported October 25. The items’ combined value was estimated at $14,500. Juror Marty New characterized the jury’s decision as a “compromise verdict.” New added, “[Moore] was trying to get away with something. She was a smart woman.” |
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