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Show 'jOni DID NAT SAY i mm IS SAID HE SA10 I j And flic Court Cautions .-Him '. Never to Say it Again. If Judge JUtchie decides against tho defendants in tho case of Goorgiana Haggerty, administratrix, against T. M. Surbnugh, A. M. Surbaugh aud P. T. Johnson, will P. 'I'. Johnson punch T. M. Surbaugh ;s face? Further, did Johnson threaten to punch Surbaugh ?s t'aco. and could he deliver the goods? These questions arose in Judge iRitchic's division of the Third District Dis-trict court Monday, uat after tho submission sub-mission of the case reforrcd to, but. owing to an irreconcilable conflict in tho cvidonco they arc still in tho who- . robbed-the-Ulah-rTational-bank class. j Tho action was brought by tho administratrix ad-ministratrix to rccovor a blilaneo of $015, allogod to be duo on a promissory promis-sory noto. Aftor tho caso had been submitted tho parties all started to leavo tho courtroom and Johnson is alleged al-leged to havo said to Surbaugh: "If I tho court decides this case against us !l will punch your face." Surbaugh promptly complained (o tho court and was placed upon tho stand to testify. ITc testified that Johnson had made the threat, but Johnson followed fol-lowed him upon tho witnoss stand and sworo that no such threat was made. Judgo Eitohio then admonished Johnson John-son to bo careful as to his language in the future and tho incident was closed. I : |