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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1809.

judgments
not to be
stayed for
defect of
form in writ
&c.

demand, in any court of record of this state, the judgment
thereupon shall not be stayed or reversed for any defect of
form or substance in any writ, original or judicial, or for any
variance in such writs from the declaration or other proceedings,
nor for defects in any count in the declaration, so that there be
one good count; and if the court of appeals should be of
opinion that there appears to be sufficient matter of substance
in the record and proceedings on any appeal or writ of error to
enable them to proceed thereon, the same shall not be reversed
or dismissed for want of form, and the court may, on motion,
permit and direct any entry to be made, or act to be done, by
either party, on the trial of any appeal, or during its pendency,
which might or could have been done by such party after ver-
dict in the court from whose judgment such appeal was made,
and which in law might have been necessary to give effect
and validity to such judgment.
See 1811, ch. 161, sec. 3 and 4.

This act
not to
extend to
criminal
prosecu-
tions.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained
shall be construed to extend to any criminal process or prosecu-
tions at the suit of the state.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That in all cases where a verdict

Court to
enter such
judgment as
will carry
in terest,
&c.

shall be given in any court of this state, the court before whom
such verdict shall be given, shall and they are hereby authorized
to enter such judgment upon the verdict as will carry an interest
on the same until the payment of the damages assessed by the
jury giving such verdict, in the same manner as is now used
and practised in the cases of a confession of judgment in said
court.
By 1811, ch. 161, sec. 5, judgments by default to carry interest in the
same manner as judgments on verdicts.

Justices to
enter judg-
ment so as
to carry
interest.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That all justices of the peace of
this state shall be compelled, upon entering judgments upon
cases within their jurisdiction, to enter the same in such man-
ner as shall carry an interest thereon from the date thereof until
the same shall be paid or satisfied.

CHAPTER 154.
AN ACT to prevent Insurance on Lottery Tickets.

Penalty for
insuring
tickets.

Be ft enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
if any person shall insure, or cause to be insured, any ticket,
number or chance, in any lottery, for any purpose, or against
any event whatever, or shall sell any ticket, part of a ticket,
number or chance, in any lottery, for a day or other limited
time, reserving any right, interest or claim, in or to any such
ticket, part of a ticket, number or chance, or shall make, or
cause to be made, any contiact or agreement for or respecting