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Show 00- PENNEY COHEN CASE IN DISTRICT COURT ! The case of the J. C. Penney company j : against Hen Cohen, ugden merchant, opened this afternoon in th; district court before Judge George S Darker. The company Is seeking to recover' I $3000 alleged to be due on promissory'! i notes signed by Cohen. Cohen, in answering the plaintiffs' j complaint, alleges that the notes were signed by him under threats of crirn-I crirn-I Inal prosecution for having received, and disposed of goods alleged to have been stolen by a gang of thieves from the Penney stores throughout the state., The Penney company claimed the1 1 property stolen from the stores was I found in possession of CohCf and he. signed the notes for 13000 in payment I I of the property, to avoid court action. I The case will bo tried before Jury. oo |