122 Ga. 752 | Ga. | 1905
Merritt and two others were tried at a special term of the city court of Griffin,' upon an accusation charging them with the offense of gaming. Trial by jury was waived, and the judge, after hearing evidence, orally announced a judgment declaring the accused guilty. The judge signed a paper which contained,
This was not a proceeding having for its purpose the amendment of a judgment, but was a proceeding to amend the records of the court • so as to enter thereon a judgment which had been actually rendered but .which had not been recorded. The purpose of the minutes is to preserve the judgments and proceedings of the court; and if a judgment has been actually rendered, it is not only the right but the duty of the judge, during the term, without notice to any one, to see that the minutes represent the proceedings of the court just as they transpired. And after the term has adjourned he has authority, after notice to parties interested, to make such order as may b.e necessary to make the record conform to the truth. Civil Code, §§4047, par. 6, 5119; Wallace v. Cason, 42 Ga. 435; Armstrong v. Lewis, 61 Ga. 680; Shipp v. Davis, 69 Ga. 297. There was no error in the order directing the minutes to be so corrected as to show the judgment actually rendered and announced.
Judgments affirmed.