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Show Fm COHEN RESISTS Lj PENNEY CHARGE I Ogden Merchant Admits ft J Q-iving Notes, Claims They ! i Were Illegal ni i'i 1 The case of the J. C. Penney corn-It corn-It pany aslnnt Ben Cohen, local mor- I chant, waa continued yesterday after-Sjtj after-Sjtj noon until Tuenday morning: after gjl rnoet of the witnesses naa completed M their testimony Mr. Cohen w as on the eland yestcrd.iy mornln? and testified that three notes signed by him for JW $1000 each had been gained throuGh if i threats of criminal prosecution. W Th Penney company is seeking to f recover on the not s. which It Is clalm-VI clalm-VI Cd were given by Cohen in payment of ft goods stolon from the Fenncy stores fi by a jcanir of thieves ami sold to Cohen JE Cohen admits that h ffave the notes f but aald that :it the lime they were J signed there was an agreement with the Penney company to drop the crlrn-J crlrn-J lnal charges nn;lnst him When the ( first note became due ho said ho ro-K ro-K fused to pay It for the reason that I criminal action had not been dls-H dls-H missed. The Pennrv company then s began suit on the notes. t The criminal case against Cohen has j now been dropped, but counsel for ij Cohen contends that the entire deal J!1 was illegal. I 00 , |