State v. Gardner

The wife of Adam Gardner was found guilty, under an information, for selling spirituous liquor to a slave, without the proper authorization.

It appears from a bill of exceptions, signed by the District Judge, “That immediately after the jury had rendered their verdict, notwithstanding the defendant informed the court, through her counsel, that it was her intention to move in arrest of judgment on various grounds, as well as to apply for a new trial, for reasons which her counsel unas not then prepared to set forth and argue, and that she required some time to prepare said motion in arrest of…