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Show 'COHEN MUST PAY ON NOTES Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal; Stolen Goods Figure in Case Appeal of lien Cohen. Ogden merchant, mer-chant, from a Judgment of Jo000 awarded by Jury In the district court here to tho J. C. Penny company against Cohen. hi been dismissed by the .supreme court of Utah, according to a remittitur which arrived In Ogden today from Salt Lake. Jury in .ludgo George S. Barker's division of the district court last Jan-Uiary Jan-Uiary awarded Judgment of $30un to Ithe Penny company against Cohen on prnmlssory notes given by Cohen which he refused to pay Cohen's attorneys at-torneys promptly appealed the case to the supreme court. j The notes were alleged to have been given by Cohen In payment of a large amount of merchandise which was stolen from Various stores of the Penny company throughout Utah In 191M by a gang of robbers Several members of the gang were captured and are alleged to have told the officers of-ficers that Cohen received much of the stolen property A demand was made on Cohen for return of the merchandise, mer-chandise, but he la alleged to have declared to hao resold most of It and shipped It away, lie Is then alleged ! to hao given the promissory notes (for $3000 in payment. I Cohen refused to pay tho notes arid the Penny company brought the cu.se to eourt. obtaining a Judgment after a lengthy trial before Jury. The supreme su-preme court now holds that the amount must be paid by Cohen 00 |