Chapter 48. To amend section two hundred and sixty-nine of the Act of March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary.” February 26, 1919.[[S. 68](/us/bill/65/s/68).][[Public, No. 281](/us/pl/65/270).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and Ho
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CHAP. 48.— An Act To amend section two hundred and sixty-nine of the Act of March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary.” February 26, 1919.[[S. 68](/us/bill/65/s/68).][[Public, No. 281](/us/pl/65/270).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section two hundred and Judicial Code.United States courts.sixty-nine of the Act approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary,” be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
" “Sec. 269. All of the said courts shall have power to grant new New trials.Vol. 36, p. 1163, amended.trials, in cases where there has been a trial by jury, for reasons for which new trials have usually been granted in the courts of law. On Technical errors not affecting substantial rights to be disregarded.the hearing of any appeal, certiorari, writ of error, or motion for a new trial, in any case, civil or criminal, the court shall give judgment after an examination of the entire record before the court, without regard to technical errors, defects, or exceptions which do not affect the substantial rights of the parties.
” " Approved, February 26, 1919.