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Face Ti al InPulaski Toda vCurtis Ray Weeks, charged^with murder of a Snowvilic man, is expected to stand trial today in Pu- j • laski County Circuit Court.Veniremen have been ordered tc report to court at 10s a- m. Court will open at 9:30 a, m.B, A. Davis Jr. of Rocky Mount, N. C. will assist Commonwealth’s Attorney Alton I. Crowell.J. L. Dillow and Charles B. An-j drews of Giles County will defend. Weeks.1 ... ;'Weeks has been charged with j. murder ,of Edgar Willis Smith on .March 7 on Route 605 in the River ; | View section of Snowville.Smith, a 47-year-old Snowville :. man, was found dead beside a car; owned by Weeks’ wife.Walks BarefootWeeks, who reportedly had walked barefooted about one-fifth mile to a neighbor's house in the snow, was placed in Pulaski Hospital and treated for frozen feet and hands, jA pistol and cap were found a-: bout 15 feet from Smith’s body.1 Deputies reported, following the in-1 cident, tracks and blood in the i snow indicated the two men had jscuffled. jA-knife was found in the area a few days later. Smith had laeera-1 tions on his neck and face. The medical examination revealed the marks were inflicted by a sharp instrument.- The autopsy report indicated Smith's death was from exposure i but was contributed to by lacera- j tions and his general physical condition.
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Radford News Journal
Radford, Virginia, US
Mon, Nov 21, 1960
Page 6
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