It is not the duty of the clerk. nor is it within his power. to render a judgment. he is the mere historian of the acts of the judges or the court. It is simply his duty to put in shape and preserve evidence of the judgments that the court may have already pronounced. In other words. if Captain White made proper proof and received his certificate of naturalization. thej udgment admitting him to citizenship was then complete. and the willful or careless omission of the clerk to record that judgment could not destroy that which was complete without his act. In support of this proposition I call attention to an extract from Freeman on Judgments. section 38: Expressions occasionally find their way into reports and textbooks. indicating that the eitry is essential to the existence and force of the judgment. There have been some expressions of that kind here today.
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