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%) |
|
|
|
|
|
Sexual Morality |
60 (35.9%) |
|
|
|
|
|
Property |
29 (17.4%) |
|
|
|
|
|
The Person |
26(15.6%) |
|
|
|
|
|
Source: Saloman, “Community and Hierarchy,” 43-51.
23Ibid., 43-44.