M'Clelland v. Commonwealth
M'Clelland v. Commonwealth
Opinion of the Court
The mere clerical mistake in titling the certificate, makes the ground of complaint in the present case, Whether we consider the whole record as removed by the appeal taken by the attorney-general, or only a transcript thereof removed into this court, and then sent down¿ qr re-certified to the general court, the mistake in titling, can have no weight. It was the judgment ot record which was affirmed, and not the clerk’s certificate from this court ; that was only evidence of the affirmance, and was not to be taken per se, but in conjunction with the record, or transcript thereof, to which it belongs. And this court have no hesitation in saying, that the titling in the record here, must be connected and taken in con-jection with the original file of the record lodged.
Wherefore, it is cqnsidered by the court, that the judgment aforesaid he affirmed ¡ that the defendant may proceed to have the benefit thereof, in the court below, and recover of the plaintiff, Daniel M’Clelland, who alone prosecuted this writ of error, ten per centum damages on the amount thereof, together with his costs in this behalf expended: which is ordered to be certified to the said general court.
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