Crimes and Sentences
By Jennifer Lodine-Chaffey
TABLE 1
CRIMES THAT LED TO THE TRANSPORTATION OF WOMEN, 1770-1774
FROM THE OLD BAILEY PROCEEDINGS (PREVIOUS OFFENSES NOT COUNTED)[55]
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Theft
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Simple Grand
Larceny
|
289 women
|
|
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Unspecified Theft
|
14 women
|
|
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Shoplifting
|
18 women
|
|
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Pick pocketing
|
16 women
|
|
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Specified Place
|
45 women
|
|
|
Receiving Stolen
Goods
|
16 women
|
|
|
Burglary
|
7 women
|
|
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Housebreaking
|
5 women
|
|
|
Highway Robbery[56]
|
7 women
|
|
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Petty Larceny
|
7 women
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|
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Robbery
|
2 women
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|
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All Theft
|
426 women
|
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Perverting Justice[57]
|
|
1 woman
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Damage to Property
|
|
1 woman
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Perjury
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|
3 women
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Other Offenses, Unknown
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|
14 women
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Total Number
|
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445 women
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TABLE 2
OLD BAILEY FIGURES FOR TRANSPORTATION SENTENCING OF FEMALE CONVICTS BY YEAR,
1718-1775
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1718
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61 women
|
|
1719
|
70 women
|
|
1720
|
71 women
|
|
1721
|
68 women
|
|
1722
|
63 women
|
|
1723
|
88 women
|
|
1724
|
107 women
|
|
1725
|
120 women
|
|
1726
|
99 women
|
|
1727
|
76 women
|
|
1728
|
98 women
|
|
1729
|
100 women
|
|
1730
|
99 women
|
|
1731
|
76 women
|
|
1732
|
95 women
|
|
1733
|
100 women
|
|
1734
|
104 women
|
|
1735
|
101 women
|
|
1736
|
121 women
|
|
1737
|
62 women
|
|
1738
|
64 women
|
|
1739
|
64 women
|
|
1740
|
108 women
|
|
1741
|
122 women
|
|
1742
|
70 women
|
|
1743
|
85 women
|
|
1744
|
97 women
|
|
1745
|
62 women
|
|
1746
|
89 women
|
|
1747
|
50 women
|
|
1748
|
84 women
|
|
1749
|
61 women
|
|
1750
|
65 women
|
|
1751
|
60 women
|
|
1752
|
69 women
|
|
1753
|
85 women
|
|
1754
|
94 women
|
|
1755
|
80 women
|
|
1756
|
81 women
|
|
1757
|
89 women
|
|
1758
|
59 women
|
|
1759
|
87 women
|
|
1760
|
67 women
|
|
1761
|
79 women
|
|
1762
|
67 women
|
|
1763
|
71 women
|
|
1764
|
72 women
|
|
1765
|
70 women
|
|
1766
|
78 women
|
|
1767
|
76 women
|
|
1768
|
60 women
|
|
1769
|
61 women
|
|
1770
|
74 women
|
|
1771
|
97 women
|
|
1772
|
81 women
|
|
1773
|
107 women
|
|
1774
|
89 women
|
|
1775
|
63 women
|
|
Total
Number
|
4716 women
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TABLE 3
FEMALE CRIME BY AGE, 1725
Old or Presumed Old
|
Crime
|
Sentence
|
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Theft
|
Death
|
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Theft
|
Death
|
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Receiving
Stolen Goods
|
Burnt
in Hand
|
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Bigamy
|
Acquitted
|
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Theft
|
Transportation
|
|
Fraud
|
Acquitted
|
|
Receiving
Stolen Goods
|
Acquitted
|
|
Theft;
Receiving Stolen Goods
|
Transportation
|
Young or Presumed Young
|
Crime
|
Sentence
|
|
Theft
|
Acquitted
|
|
Theft
|
Acquitted
|
|
Theft
|
Transportation
|
|
Theft
|
Burnt
in Hand
|
|
Theft
|
Transportation
|
|
Theft
|
Acquitted
|
|
Theft
|
Transportation
|
|
Fraud
|
Acquitted
|
|
Theft
|
Transportation
|
|
Theft
|
Acquitted
|
|
Theft
|
Transportation
|
|
Theft
|
Transportation
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TABLE 4
FEMALE CRIME BY OCCUPATION, 1725
Prostitutes or presumed Prostitutes
|
Crime
|
Sentence
|
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Theft
|
Acquitted
|
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Theft
|
Acquitted
|
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Theft
|
Acquitted
|
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Theft
|
Transportation
|
|
Theft
|
Acquitted
|
|
Theft
|
Acquitted
|
|
Theft
|
Acquitted
|
|
Theft
|
Acquitted
|
|
Theft
|
Acquitted
|
|
Theft
|
Death
|
|
Theft
|
Acquitted
|
|
Theft
|
Acquitted
|
Servants to the Prosecutors
|
Crime
|
Sentence
|
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Theft
|
Transportation
|
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Theft
|
Transportation
|
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Theft
|
Transportation
|
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Theft
|
Transportation
|
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Theft
|
Transportation
|
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Theft
|
Transportation
|
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Theft
|
Transportation
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Theft
|
Transportation
|
|
Theft
|
Transportation
|
|
Theft
|
Acquitted
|
|
Theft
|
Death
|
|
Theft
|
Transportation
|
|
Theft
|
Branded
|
|
Theft
|
Death
|
|
Theft
|
Transportation
|
|
Theft
|
Acquitted
|
|
Theft
|
Transportation
|
|
Theft
|
Acquitted
|
|
Theft
|
Transportation
|
|
Theft
|
Transportation
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|
Theft
|
Transportation
|
|
Theft
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Death
|
|
Theft
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Acquitted
|
|
Theft
|
Transportation
|
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Theft
|
Transportation
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Theft
|
Transportation
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