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"Patrick Horan has testified that he was in danger of his life and that he was compelled to defend himself," Judge Witberg's verdict began. "Mr. Watson has testified to the same thing. Each has sworn that the other struck the first blow; each has sworn that the other made an unprovoked assault on him. It is an axiom of the law that the defendant should be given the benefit of the doubt.
The trials of both men were set for a week later, on the same morning, in Police Judge Witberg's court. "You have no chance," Watson was told by an old friend of his boyhood, the retired manager of the biggest paper in the city. "Everybody knows you were beaten up by this man. His reputation is most unsavory. But it won't help you in the least. Both cases will be dismissed.
"If you strike me I'll have you arrested," Judge Witberg threatened. "That is what I told Patsy," was the answer. "And do you know what he did when I told him that?" "No." "That!" And at the same moment Watson's right fist landed flush on Judge Witberg's nose, putting that legal gentleman over on his back on the grass. "Get up!" commanded Watson.