Case Name: C. S. ROE v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1882-02-11
Citations: 60 Cal. 93
Docket Number: No. 8,056
Parties: C. S. ROE v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 60
Pages: 93–94

Head Matter:
[No. 8,056.
Department Two.]
Feb. 11, 1882.
C. S. ROE v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Jurisdiction—Presumption in Favor of Judgment—Certiorari—Contempt—Trial.—Upon an application for a writ of certiorari to review a judgment for contempt of Court, the record sought to be reviewed consisted of the affidavits of the facts constituting the contempt, the answer of the party charged, and the judgment for contempt; the last of which stated that the matter had been regularly heard; and it was contended that witnesses should have been examined in the court below.
Held: It does not appear that this course was not pursued.
Id—Id—Id—Correction of Record.—When jurisdiction is once had of th subject-matter in person, every intendment must be made to support the judgment. If the record is incorrect, it must be corrected by motion, or suggestion to the court below.
Application for writ of certiorari.
J. D. Sullivan and Eugene N. Deuprey, for the Plaintiffs.
No briefs on file.

Opinion:
The Court:
We have examined the record in this matter, and are of opinion that the Court had jurisdiction of the subject-matter and the parties and regularly exercised its jurisdiction. Our examination must be confined to the record. We can go no further. The record in this proceeding for contempt before us is: 1. Affidavits of the facts constituting the contempt. (C. C. P., § 1211.) 2. Answer of Roe. (Id., § 1217.) 3d. Judgment adjudging Roe guilty of contempt.
The judgment states that the matter had been regularly heard, thus showing there was a trial.
It is contended that according to the statute witnesses must be examined (C. C. P., § 1217), and the judgment must be on the answer and evidence (Id., § 1218). That is so, but it does not appear that this course was not pursued. The record must show error, for when jurisdiction is once had of subject-matter and person, as clearly appeared in this case, every intendment must be made to support the judg ment. Moreover, the production of witnesses might have been waived and Roe might have consented to trying the case on affidavits.
We must take the record as true. If the contrary is the fact, it must be corrected by motion or suggestion to the Court below. This Court cannot alter the record of the Court a quo. The record shows, in our judgment, jurisdiction in the Court, and that the Court regularly pursued ita-authority.
The judgment of the Court below is affirmed.