Riddle v. Dyche

The appellant was convicted in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Alabama of a felony and sentenced to imprisonment. The record of the District Court recites that “ a jury of good and lawful men ” was duly empaneled, sworn and charged. After sentence appellant moved to amend the record entry to show that only eleven men sat as jurors in the case and offered testimony in support of the motion. The court rejected the proof on the ground that oral testimony was not admissible to modify or amend the record and, first reciting that after hearing the evidence and arguments and…