Bentley v. State

The defendant was convicted of distilling, etc., and appeals. As was said by Mr. Chief Justice Briekell in Allen v. State, 52 Ala. 391:

“When the jury return into court with a .verdict, it is not a matter of course to receive it in the form in which it is rendered. It is the duty of the court, and of the prosecuting officer, to look after its form and substance, so far as to prevent an unintelligible, or a doubtful, or an insufficient verdict from passing into the records of the court, to create embarrassments afterward and perhaps the necessity of a new trial. The court should require the…