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Show i BRUCE JOHNSON USED -A DEADLY WEAPON Bruce Johnson, colored, entered a plea of guilty to the charge of unlawfully unlaw-fully using a deadly weapon, in the District court yesterday and was sentenced sen-tenced to pay a fine of ?1S0 by Judge ; ' Morse, He was given the alternative ' of serving 150 days In the county Jail, '! but he raised the money and was dis charged. i Johnson was charged with having 'I used a gun in a fight with a white mdn :! named P. J. Burns in the Red Onion I saloon on January 19th. He was bound over to the District court on the charge of assault with a deadly weapon with , Intent to do bodily harm. District At torney Elchnor, however, reduced tho , charge to unlawfully using a deadly weapon and a plea of guilty was entered en-tered by the defendant. Upon motion of the defendant's attorney. at-torney. F. C. Loofbourow. Mr. Elchnor offering no objection, the aiove fine was imposed In lieu of committing the defendant to jail. |