State v. Shady

The respondent was convicted of tapping the wares of the Montpelier & Barre Light and Power Corporation and using electric current therefrom without the consent of that corporation. Under an exception saved when, at the close of the evidence, his motion for a directed verdict was overruled, he challenges the constitutionality of the statute under which he is charged (G-. L. 6973) on the ground that it is repugnant to the equality provisions of both State and federal Constitutions.

The respondent’s real ground of complaint is that this statute makes it a crime to so use the current from a line…