Case Name: The State of Louisiana v. Romeo Axiom
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1871-07
Citations: 23 La. Ann. 621
Docket Number: No. 226
Parties: The State of Louisiana v. Romeo Axiom.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 621–622

Head Matter:
No. 226.
The State of Louisiana v. Romeo Axiom.
The objection by tlie accused that bo was not served with a correct jury list comes too late, if not made until after verdict.
A clerical error in the minutes of the court by which the name of a g*rand juror has been 'ncorrectly spelled may be corrected mono protenc, so as to correspond with the names on the venire. Such discrepancy, if corrected, is not good ground for a new trial. 2 An. 745; An. 94; 10 An. 198.
APPEAL from the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, parish of Madison.
Hough, J. IF. IF. Farmer, District Attorney Fourteenth Judicial District, for the State.
J. O. Seale, lor defendant and appellant.

Opinion:
Howe, J.
The defendant having been convicted of manslaughter aud sentenced accordingly has appealed and presents two points:
First — That he was not served with a correct jury list. This point, made for the firs.t time after verdict, came too late. State v. Vester, lately decided; 23 An. —; State v. Clark, 23 An. 194.
Second — That Moses Brockett who appeared by the clerk's minutes,, at the time the motion for a new trial was made, to have been impanneled' as a grand juror, was not on the venire of jurors, was not a-registered voter of tho paiish, and was not a competent, juror. It might have been added, probably with equal truth, that there was no such person in being. For it plainly appears that the name Brockett in tho minutes was a clerical error for Crockett; that Moses Crockett was on the venire, was impanneled on the grand jury, and was a competent juror; and that this error was duly corrected, so ihat tho-minutes now show the true fact and not the fiction behind which the-appellant seeks to take shelter. This correction of the minutes was-properly made. 2 An. 745; 9 An. 94; 10 An. 193
Judgment affirmed.