Hyden v. State

The plaintiff in error was indicted and convicted for alleged larceny of copper wire, from the Chattanooga Traction Company, and has appealed in error to this court.

There is no controversy .in the proof, and the single question presented, in various ways, is whether the offense, shown to have been committed by Hyden, amounts to larceny.

The Chattanooga Traction Company operates a trolley line from North Chattanooga to Signal Mountain, over a right of way which it owns. Copper wire is used as a bond to tie the rails one to another, and also to connect the rails on opposite sides of the track.…