THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUISE, GOVERNOR,

1833.

trict court by the Chief Justice, or in his absence by

CHAP. 201.

the next named presiding Justice, so that a foil docket

may be made, in the manner herein before directed, of

all cases, suits, actions, complaints, pleas, and subpoe

nas and attachments intended to be brought or returned

before the said district court, and upon the final decision

of any such case, an entry shall be made in the said

Entries of final judgment direc-

docket by the Chief Justice, or in case of his absence

ted

by the presiding Justice, of the final judgment of the

court, which shall specify and declare the true parties

to the case, the date of the judgment, the principal

debt or damage, the time from which interest is awar-

ded, and the costs taxed and adjudged; and it shall he

the duty of every such Chief Justice safely to keep

and preserve the said docket of the judgments render-

ed by the said district court, and transmit the same to

Delivery- over of

his successor in office; but in case the said Chief Jus-

said docket

tice shall at any time be unable to attend the sitting of

of the said district court, he shall cause the said dock-

et of judgments to be delivered for the time being into

the possession of the Justice next named in the commis-

sion, whose duty it shall be to keep and preserve the

same, and after the sittings of the said court shall have

been ended, carefully return the same to the said Chief

Justice for safe keeping, and if any person shall will-

Persons altering entries deemed

fully alter any part of the entries or judgments con-

guiltyof forgery

tained in the said docket, he shall be deemed guilty of

forgery, and upon prosecution and conviction thereof

in the county court, he shall suffer the punishment pre-

scribed by law for the offence of forgery.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the said district-

Jurisdiction in en-

court shall have criminal jurisdiction in all cases of

ses of assault and

battery

assault and battery committed within the district

thereof, unless it shall appear to the said district court

apon a hearing of the case that the said assault and

battery was committed with an intent to kill, and it

shall be lawful for the Said court when informed by

complaint made apon oath before them or of their own

knowledge of the commission of any such offence with-

in the said district, to issue a capias in the name of

Issue capias

the State against the person accused, directed to some

constable of the district, to compel his or her appear-