20 W. S. Holdsworth, A History of English Law (13 vols., London, 1922-52), V, 348.

21 In five Maryland county courts (1658-79), annual rates of criminal prosecution averaged 248 per 100,000; in four New England courts, 561 per 100,000. Saloman, “Community and Hierarchy,” 42.

22 Mark Saloman obtains the following results for criminal prosecutions in Maryland courts:

 

Maryland

Charles Co.

Talbot Co.

Kent Co.

Somerset Co.

Pr. George’s Co.

Crimes against

total

1658-74

1662-74

1668-71

1665-71

1696-99

Order

52 (31%)

6 (13.6%)

3 (10.3%)

15 (50.0%)

1 (16.7%)

27 (46.5%)

Sexual Morality

60 (35.9%)

19 (43.2%)

18 (62.1%)

7 (23.3%)

3 (50.0%)

13 (22.4%)

Property

29 (17.4%)

9 (20.5%)

5 (17.2%)

3 (10.0%)

1 (16.7%)

11 (19.0%)

The Person

26(15.6%)

10 (22.7%)

3 (10.3%)

5 (16.7%)

1 (16.7%)

7(12.1%)

Source: Saloman, “Community and Hierarchy,” 43-51.

23Ibid., 43-44.