Matthews v. State
Matthews v. State
Opinion of the Court
The appeal in this case is before us on the record. The judgment entry shows the defendant was arraigned on an indictment charging him with an assault with intent to murder, to which he pleaded not guilty. The jury before whom the defendant was
Tlie judgment rendered by the court is a legal judgment, in the sense that it is within the jurisdiction of the court and. as referable to the indictment; but the grade of guilt pronounced is unauthorized by the verdict of the jury. It is plain enough, from the indictment, verdict, and confession of judgment, that the judgment of guilt pronounced by the court is only erroneous, in not adjudging the defendant guilty of an assault and battery, to correspond with the jury’s finding of guilt; and as a judgment of conviction has been entered, and the fine and costs confessed, the erroneous ascertainment of the grade of guilt found by the judgment will be here corrected, and, as corrected, the judgment will be affirmed.
Corrected and affirmed.
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