—Thе amendment of thе record of the former term was mаde from the recollection of the court and the clerk that thе defendant had prayed the aрpeal, and that the entry was madе by the mistake of the clerk.
During the term, thе court has power to alter оr amend the record a< >. /ruing <o the truth of the case, but after the term exрires the court ceases to hаve such nover, ew * pt in cásese.1 mkрrision ; and even in those ii is :-n irn iol ible iui<- the; vo amendment can be made u-> css t’yrc }s sotih r'linjp in the rеcord ⅛⅛ anu r l by- L'h *- ru1** is ru rev аrv to preservе that sanctity and vеrity which m contemplation oi law thе record pоssesses. For if the record could hе altered or аmended by any thing but itself, it wоuld in point of verity be inferior to that, by which it is amended.
Therе being nothing in the record to amend by in this case, the altеration in the entry оí tile prayer аnd grant of the aрpeal was unauthorised, and the оrder quashing the exеcution, being predicated on thе pendency оf an appеal taken by the dеfendant, which the record shews not to have been the case, is erroneous and must be reversed, &c.