Heyward v. State

It is true that the docket entries show a certain and definite sentence within the law, but these entries are the brief notations by the clerk, who is merely the hand of the court. A docket entry is not the conclusive evidence of the court's act, and, so, may be corrected or shown to be inaccurate or incomplete in order that the record may truly conform to the facts.Weighorst v. State, 7 Md. 442, 449, 450; Watkins v. State,14 Md. 412, 421-423; Dutton v. State, 123 Md. 373, 376, 91 A. 417. Here the entry by the clerk on the docket of a sentence to pay a fine of $1,000 and to be imprisoned for…