Case Name: The State of Louisiana vs. Wade Hampton
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1881-10
Citations: 33 La. Ann. 1252
Docket Number: No. 79
Parties: The State of Louisiana vs. Wade Hampton.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 33
Pages: 1252–1253

Head Matter:
No. 79.
The State of Louisiana vs. Wade Hampton.
*Wlien an attempt is made to discredit a -witness by showing that be made a contradictory statement on a previous occasion, it is not sacramental that the exact time of the alleged contradictory statement should be designated; it is enough that sufficient reference be made to the circumstances that attended the statement, and to the statement itself, so as to place the witness fully on his guard. School Board vs. Trimble, cwitepage 1073.
APPEAL from the Sixth Judicial District Court, parish of Morehouse. Brigham, J.
The District Attorney, for the State, Appellee.
Newton & Hall for Defendant and Appellant.

Opinion:
The opinion of-the Court was delivered by
Poché, J.
The motion to dismiss this appeal on the ground that the transcript was filed too late cannot prevail. In the order of appeal the return day was fixed for the 13th of October, 1881, aDd the transcript was filed on the 17th of the same month ; the Court not sitting on Sunday, the 16th, three judicial days had, therefore, not elapsed since the return day.