State v. . Brown

It appearing that the verdict was inadvertently recorded “guilty of murder in the third degree,” when in reality the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, the motion of the State to remand the cause for correction of the record will be allowed. S. v. Harrison, 104 N. C., 728, 10 S. E., 131; S. v. Farrar, ibid., 702, 10 S. E., 159, S. c., 103 N. C., 411, 9 S. E., 449.

That the Superior Court at term has the power to make its records speak the truth, and, to this end, to correct them, if need be, is established hy a number of decisions. S. v. Marsh, 134 N. C., 184, 47 S. E., 6; S. v. Currie,…