Case Name: The State of Louisiana vs. Dennis Corcoran
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1886-12
Citations: 38 La. Ann. 949
Docket Number: No. 9763
Parties: The State of Louisiana vs. Dennis Corcoran.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 38
Pages: 949–952

Head Matter:
No. 9763.
The State of Louisiana vs. Dennis Corcoran.
An appeal in a criminal case will not be dismissed on tbe ground that tbe transcript of appeal bas not been filed in tbe Supreme Court on tbe return day, if it appeared that it was filed within three judicial days thereafter.
In a prosecution for manslaughter, it was urged that a few minutes before tbe killing the deceased and a number of companions were assembled at a certain place; tbat they left thero together and went to tbe place where the accused was found and was pointed out • by one of tbe parties to tbe deceased, who was told by tbe one thus pointing him out to go aud talk to him; and tbe deceased, without speaking, immediately approached the accused and seized him by tbe throat and beat him in tbe face; tbat tbe accused pulled loose from bis assailant and retreated to the middle of tbe street, where be was followed by tbe deceased, again seized violently and beaten by him. In which last struggle tbe mortal blow was given by the accused. At this stage of tbe testimony tbe witness on tbe stand, and who was one of tbe party tbat bad accompanied the deceased, was asked in substance, when this attack was made on tbe accused, what did you do, and what did each one of tbe party present do (naming each one), at tbe same time and place, which question was objected to, tbe objection sustained, and tbe witness not permitted to answer. Held, tbat tbe ruling was error. It is not true tbat tbe res gestee can consist only of what was said and done at tbe time by tbe participants in a combat. They may embrace what was said and done by any and all present, which have any bearing on tbe aflair or are in any manner connected therewith.
APPEAL from the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Balcer, J.
M. J. Oimningham, Attorney General, and JAonel Adams, District Attorney, for the State, Appellee:
ON MOTION TO DISMISS.
A transcript of appeal in criminal cases must he filed within ten clays after granting the order of appeal. The Code of Practice does not regulate criminal proceedings. Article 589 evidently refers to civil matters. 31 Ann. 1171; 31 Ann. 805; 31 Ann. 483; 6 Ann. 653; 13 Ann. 491; 14 Ann. 469; 36 Ann. 310; 37 Ann. 62; 32 Ann. 1268; Sec. 4, Act 30 of 1878.
ON MERITS.
1. A declaration hy the deceased before the homicide, but having no casual connection with any immediate act produced hy the fatal conflict which resulted in the killing, is nota part of them gestee, and therefore inadmissible in evidence. Wharton Or. Ev. sec. 262.
2. Before hostile threats by deceased against the accused are admissible in evidence, it must be shown the accused was present when they were made or they were communicated to him. 30 Ann. 1177.
3. The ruling of the court a gua, refusing to grant a new trial, based upon questions of fact, cannot be revised hy this Court.
Jas. O. Walker for Defendant and Appellant.

Opinion:
On Motion to Dismiss.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Todd, J.
There is a motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the transcript was not filed within ten days from the date of the order granting the appeal.
The order was granted on the 17th of May, and the transcript was filed on the 26th, same month.
This court lias held that an appeal in a criminal case will not be dismissed on the ground that the transcript has not been filed on the return day, if it appears that it was filed within three judicial days thereafter. State vs. Hampton, 33 Ann. 1252; State vs. Butler, 35 Ann. 392.
The motion to dismiss is therefore refused.