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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 female 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
3,612 100%
100%
6 100%
0.17%
1,369 100%
37.9%
0
1,462 100%
40.48%
617 100%
17.08%
2 100%
0.06%
156 100%
4.32%
no specific offence
42 1.16%
100%
0
16 1.17%
38.1%
0
18 1.23%
42.86%
7 1.13%
16.67%
0
1 0.64%
2.38%
animal theft
6 0.17%
100%
0
1 0.07%
16.67%
0
5 0.34%
83.33%
0
0
0
burglary
69 1.91%
100%
0
8 0.58%
11.59%
0
25 1.71%
36.23%
30 4.86%
43.48%
1 50%
1.45%
5 3.21%
7.25%
embezzlement
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
extortion
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
game law offences
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
grand larceny
2,352 65.12%
100%
2 33.33%
0.09%
1,102 80.5%
46.85%
0
892 61.01%
37.93%
258 41.82%
10.97%
0
98 62.82%
4.17%
housebreaking
33 0.91%
100%
0
5 0.37%
15.15%
0
8 0.55%
24.24%
19 3.08%
57.58%
0
1 0.64%
3.03%
petty larceny
68 1.88%
100%
0
51 3.73%
75%
0
15 1.03%
22.06%
2 0.32%
2.94%
0
0
pick pocketing
152 4.21%
100%
1 16.67%
0.66%
12 0.88%
7.89%
0
84 5.75%
55.26%
50 8.1%
32.89%
0
5 3.21%
3.29%
recieving stolen goods
219 6.06%
100%
2 33.33%
0.91%
41 2.99%
18.72%
0
174 11.9%
79.45%
0
0
2 1.28%
0.91%
shoplifting
222 6.15%
100%
0
36 2.63%
16.22%
0
52 3.56%
23.42%
111 17.99%
50%
0
23 14.74%
10.36%
theft from a specified place
449 12.43%
100%
1 16.67%
0.22%
97 7.09%
21.6%
0
189 12.93%
42.09%
140 22.69%
31.18%
1 50%
0.22%
21 13.46%
4.68%
multiple offences
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0