34 Ala. 261
Decided June 15, 1859
Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1859-06-15
Tried before the Hon. Alex. McKiNSTry. The plaintiff in error, Hazael Warfield, was indicted for an assault on one John Eeid, with intent to murder him ;, was found guilty of an assault, and a fine of $2,000 was assessed against him by the jury; and thereupon the court rendered the following judgment against him : “It is therefore considered by the court, that the State of Alabama have and recover of the defendant, H. Warfield, and of Caleb Price, his surety, the said sum of…
Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently December 1876
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Decided 1859-06-15
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¶1There a clerical mistake in entering the judgment in this case. It should have been entered in the name of the State for the use of Mobile county. Code, § 8619.
¶2This mistake being clerical, and amendable in the court below, without resort to any thing outside of the record and the public statutes, furnishes no cause for reversing the judgment of the city court, unless that court had first refused to make the amendment. — Code, § 2401.
¶3The judgment of the city court is affirmed.