Case Name: Brown v. Osborne
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1818-11-20
Citations: 1 Blackf. 32
Docket Number: 
Parties: Brown v. Osborne.
Judges: 
Reporter: Blackford
Volume: 1
Pages: 32–32

Head Matter:
Brown v. Osborne.
The Court, to affirm 'a judgment, may, ex officio, award a certiorari to com píete the record.
APPEAL from the Gibson Circuit Court.
Raymond, for the appellant.

Opinion:
Scott, J.
In this case the record does not show the names of the judges who rendered the judgment complained of; nor does it appear from the transcript before us that there were any judges, except what may be conjectured from the statement that a judgment has been rendered. This is evidently a neglect of the clerk, but it is a defect for which the Court will not now reverse the proceedings.
Per Curiam.
A certiorari is awarded to the Gibson Circuit Court, directing them to send up a full and complete transcript of the record in this case .
It is a general rule, that, at any time pending a writ of error, whether before or after errors assigned, or after in nullo est erratum, pleaded, the Court, ex officio, may award a certiorari to inform their conscience, to affirm a judgment, but not to reverse it, or make error. Franklyn v. Reeves, Cas, temp. Hardw. 118, 119. — 2 Will. Saund. 101, s, t.