State v. Wade

This indictment was quashed by the Judge of the Criminal Court. The Attorney General appeals in behalf of the State. It charges that the defendant did feloniously steal, take, and carry away a large number of coupons of the bonds of the State of Tennessee. Each coupon is described by number, the place and date of its payment, and the name of the Comptroller, whose signature is alleged to be attached. They are charged to be the property of the State of Tennessee, and are each charged to be valuable, and their value separately stated, making an aggregate of $14,550.

As the bonds are charged to…