BODY-IN-BAG MURDER
MINEL TO STAND TRIAL
SYDNEY, sth December
At an inquest at Narrabri to-day into the death of James Smith, or Sorcnson, whose ■dismembered body was found in Xarrabri Creek, the police read the signed statement of Paul Minel, aged .SO, labourer, who was under arrest on a charge of murder. Minel sensationally related how during a drunken quarrel with Smith in an old hut, Smith attempted to strike him with a brick, or stone, which Minel wrested from him, striking Smith with it. Smith fell, and appeared to go to sleep. A short time afterward Minel saw him reach for a rifle, and a scuffle ensued. Minel seized the rifle, which exploded, and Smith fell. Miuel later noticed that he was dead. He secured an axe and chopped the body to pieces, and placed them in bags, the head separately, and dumped ' them in the creek. Minel then worked about the district for some days. He had had a great deal of drink. He sold Smith's motor-truck and then took Smith's name and left the district. Minel was committed for trial on a charge of murder.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 137, 6 December 1929, Page 11
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