Any defects in the form of the verdict should be corrected before the jury are discharged;16 and this may be done by the court in the presence and with the assent of the jury.17

16 Hopkins vs. State (Tex. Cr)., 53 S. W., 619; Grant vs. State, 35 Fla., 291.

17 Godfreidson vs. People, 88 Ill., 286; State vs. Novak, 109 Iowa, 717.