Show WITNESS BARES PERJURY PLOT Defendant Says Robbery Alibi Framed in Attorneys Attorney's Office I How a perjured alibi is alleged to have lave been worked up in an attorneys attorney's attorneys attorney's altor ney's office was disclosed to a Third district court Wednesday during the therial trial rial of Victor Royce Koyce 23 of 1150 Fourth East street streel Royce is being tried for perjury A After ter more than a day of ot argument to o prevent reading to the jury a statement made by Royce November 10 0 following his arrest on the on-the the charge Judge James W. W McKinney overruled the defense arguments The statement was read by Allen AlIen G. G Thurman deputy district attorney attorney ney and revealed how sometime prior to September 19 Royce his sister sis sis- ter er Grace Royce Grace Royce and others gathered in n the attorneys attorney's office to rehearse the alleged false story PLOT IS DESCRIBED Royce and his sister testified to the story in open court on September Septem- Septem ber jer 19 during the trial of Pete Humphries Humphries was accused of attempting t to l loot t a grocery at 2425 South State street on July 23 He Ic was convicted by the jur jury and is isnow isnow isnow now serving an indeterminate term In state prison Testimony given by Royce at the Humphries trial was the basis for the charge on which Royce is now being tried It was to the effect that Royce his lis sister and several others spent July uly 23 with Humphries in a cabin I at t Fish lake in Sevier county I 1 never saw Humphries before I entered the courtroom that day to testify says Royces Royce's statement which was read to the jury and admitted admitted ad ad- milled in evidence by Judge McKinney McKin McKin- ne ncy ney t S PERJURY IS TOLD The statement continued to ex ex- plain lain h how w Royce was induced to perjure per per- jure ure himself One day Grace came home and said aid she had met Gleason the attorney attorney at- at torney orney She said she was going to tory try ry to get this fellow Humphries out Next morning we went vent to Gleasons Gleasons Gleason's Glea Glea- sons son's office He seemed to have the story tory all picked out when wc we got there It was hinted that if it we got him Humphries out we would get plenty for or that He said it would be all nIl right to testify that way The page 12 statement signed b by Royce in the presence a of witnesses contained what purports to be a co from Royce that he had testified tied fied falsely at the Humphries trial Grace ace Royce who also faces a perjury perjury per- per jury ury charge has successfully eluded officers since the complaint was formally formally for for- mally issued several weeks ago Royces Royce's case was expected to be submitted to the jury before belore night |