Burns v. People

Chiee Justice Campbell

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff in error, defendant below, was found guilty of an assault and battery and sentenced to pay a fine, and to reverse the judgment prosecutes this writ. She was informed against as “Mrs. James Burns,” and throughout the trial and until the return of the verdict that name appears in the record. The jury returned their verdict finding “Nora Burns” guilty, and she was sentenced under that name.

The attorney general, by way of illustrating his position, contends that, in the absence of a bill of exceptions, we must presume that there…