People v. Fields

Defendants Albert and Clarence Fields were tried jointly with codefendants Irene Wyrembelski and Joanna Carson and convicted by a jury of possession, acquisition, and transportation of cigarettes without a license or permit.

At trial, State Police detectives and State Treasury agents testified as to the facts and circumstances leading up to defendants’ arrest and conviction. Proceeding on previous knowledge and surveillance of the Fields, the police witnesses followed Joanna Carson and Clarence Fields from Michigan to Angelo Brothers Wholesale Grocers located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.…