Can a judge extend the term of a sentence in a civil case?

The right of a trial court during the trial of a case, whether civil or original, to extend the term, is so well established a principle of law that any extended reference to the authorities is not necessary. We discussed the subject to some extent in Freeman v. United States, 227 F. 732, 142 C.C.A. 256 (1915), a criminal case, and we find no occasion now to add to what we then said. It will also be conceded that a court, both in civil and criminal cases, has power over its own judgments during the term at which they were made. The authorities hold that the court which pronounces sentence in a criminal case may thereafter, but during the same term, revise and correct the sentence imposed, and may increase or diminish the severity of the original sentence.