The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-08
MRS. TRUE ACQUITTED.
NOR GCILTT OF THE CHARGE OF
PHRJURT.
No Proof That Mrs. Alice True 10 Not
Iventy>One Years OF Ase-ile
Verdict Cheered by Spectators

The case OF Mr. Albert Ollil against
Mrs. Ollie True. FOR perjury. ia swearing
that bis daughter was over twenty -ons
years OF age. was disposed OF IN the 20
Ice Court yesterday morning
True 70 his STATED dissemination. Ar.
c4l.1 sBOre out q wax F-ai %o@Ats& MIS-
Ollie True. the slsteT-in-.s~ 81 = T. Aof-
timer True, who married ais d=Ig .iss.
charging her with perjury y swearing
falsely 10 the age Of Alice Oiiif. who IS
now Mrs. Mortimer True
Mrs. True had as her counsel Gen I'd
gar Allan. Nessrs. n +. Aaury and Geo
j. Hoop4r. and Commonwealth Attorney
RICHARDSON looked after tie Interests OF
the Conn onH ealth-
VERDICT CHEERED.
The courtroom waS Gense,y packed
Win interested friends 81 TIE young cou-
PIE. and their feeling was - sntease II
HE matter that VIXEN the result vas mode
known E loud cheer rent tle oppreSs.fe
Atmosphere Of the room and thsy C-oTd-
sa around the two youEs ladies, lfs-
Alice True and Hrs. Ollie Tr1e md POI.
81 their cons atrle-!0ls upon tlsm-
Deputy Clerk LaWtOl Crutchnsla vas
the frs. witness called. lie stated that
ne issued tie license or July lst. and -.4t
trs. ollie True sw0re that Hiss Alice
Ollr was rgen-y-0ne years Old
Nr Ouin. the father ot The girl next
testsssa. ne sad thai lis daughter was
bora o. January =. ISL u the county
rasr Ctevelrrd. Tenn. e-1t that be cl1
NOT see how Mrs. one True kneA any
thing about the age q ms daughter, ler
they had not lived II Rich E'oaa more t4lAA
FIVE years
Nr. OIin de7ied tia; he had made over
lures - his daughter recording the tre-.s-
fer q = suit Of furniture winch she Aa-
bought OF condition thai ne No-i-
drop the matter. He said re had
punished his daughter OCCASIONALLY oy
siaDpil- her. and THAI she lei home on
one OCCASION because he objected ~ her
STAYING out ot night. he also said thar
Miss Alice had been working since she
was about twelve years old He vas not
wiling f1r his daughter % marry. ard li1
az he could 70 prevent o.
Mrs. TRUE TESTlFIES-
when Sir. ALICE True was placed on
the stand she said that she was alwal
Under q impression that she was tNt1-
fv-o7e wears CD because she had heard
her parents say when she first went 10
work that she was about ser -i-. .ii--
s..---rsI wears lad elapsed since tlen-
So ia told 1Irs Ollie True thst she vas
j think I lool. more than that she
said with G smile.
So -lid -har her father called upon
her TufsdlV in reference 70 me i-il.-
fure and asked her 20 have ne name
on The contract change
1Irs. True said she had PAID - on me
frrrlrure. which cost sill--5. and Size
wanted Ter parents 10 have a. Her fltn-
- tod her tl4I the case wOlln amount
90 nothing.
~ pfrt1rse-r then arose and stated
fra- from THE evidence presented De nil
~o- ttink a case had been male against
WrS one True and Justice CrufcAlel1
ee-eeI ni-h hin and dismissed ths
charge
Ilr. OluT seemed as much pleased q an
-fe result rs were the others. and ne
sh7ok ne hands Of his daughter heartily
and i IS believed that The little drama
las now closed
Il VS. stated in The TINES % yesterday
that 1rrs. H1for-Irntrr True was arrested
on TIE charge y perjury. i should have
read Mrs.. -Oilie" True.