Fields v. State

Hawkins, Justice.

The plaintiff in error, Jennings Edward Fields, was indicted in DeKalb Superior Court for the murder on February 6, 1954, of James L. Mize, a peace officer of DeKalb County. The record discloses that, on February 6, 1954, the Police Department of DeKalb County received a long-distance telephone call and also a telegram from the Mecklenburg County Police Department, Charlotte, North Carolina, .requesting the arrest of the defendant, and that this telegram, reading as follows: “Arrest one Jennings E. Fields first degree burglary— felony warrant on file Mecklenburg County Police…