State v. Hopper

The defendants were convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to 20 years at hard labor, and they appeal.

The first bill of exceptions reads as follows:

“Be it remembered that in the above numbered and entitled case, on the 4th day of February, 1905, the state’s witness Bale Laffitte, being on the stand, was asked by the district attorney:

“ ‘Question. You have testified that Houston Hopper said in the presence of the dead body that he was so hungry that every time he looked at the dead body he almost fainted. Now, how did Hopper look at the time he made this declaration?’

“To which question…