The Proceedings of the Old Bailey: Statistics Search

Tabulation of types of verdict against types of theft, counting by offence. Counting only instances where the sessions papers were published during or after 1770, the defendant was male and the sessions papers were published before or during 1790.

total

no verdict

guilty

miscellaneous verdict

not guilty

part guilty

special verdict

multiple verdicts

total

8,760	100%
100%

14	100%
0.16%

4,297	100%
49.05%

2,953	100%
33.71%

1,066	100%
12.17%

13	100%
0.15%

417	100%
4.76%

no specific offence

95	1.08%
100%

1	7.14%
1.05%

44	1.02%
46.32%

41	1.39%
43.16%

6	0.56%
6.32%

3	0.72%
3.16%

animal theft

391	4.46%
100%

198	4.61%
50.64%

168	5.69%
42.97%

7	0.66%
1.79%

2	15.38%
0.51%

16	3.84%
4.09%

burglary

990	11.3%
100%

289	6.73%
29.19%

314	10.63%
31.72%

269	25.23%
27.17%

2	15.38%
0.2%

116	27.82%
11.72%

embezzlement

10	0.11%
100%

7	0.16%
70%

1	0.03%
10%

1	0.09%
10%

1	7.69%
10%

extortion

4	0.05%
100%

1	0.02%
25%

3	0.1%
75%

game law offences

1	0.01%
100%

1	0.03%
100%

grand larceny

5,277	60.24%
100%

10	71.43%
0.19%

3,017	70.21%
57.17%

1,702	57.64%
32.25%

359	33.68%
6.8%

5	38.46%
0.09%

184	44.12%
3.49%

housebreaking

116	1.32%
100%

28	0.65%
24.14%

20	0.68%
17.24%

60	5.63%
51.72%

1	7.69%
0.86%

7	1.68%
6.03%

petty larceny

351	4.01%
100%

2	14.29%
0.57%

256	5.96%
72.93%

79	2.68%
22.51%

8	0.75%
2.28%

6	1.44%
1.71%

pick pocketing

125	1.43%
100%

7	0.16%
5.6%

62	2.1%
49.6%

54	5.07%
43.2%

2	0.48%
1.6%

recieving stolen goods

289	3.3%
100%

73	1.7%
25.26%

211	7.15%
73.01%

1	0.09%
0.35%

1	7.69%
0.35%

3	0.72%
1.04%

shoplifting

137	1.56%
100%

26	0.61%
18.98%

27	0.91%
19.71%

73	6.85%
53.28%

11	2.64%
8.03%

theft from a specified place

974	11.12%
100%

1	7.14%
0.1%

351	8.17%
36.04%

324	10.97%
33.26%

228	21.39%
23.41%

1	7.69%
0.1%

69	16.55%
7.08%

multiple offences