London's Transported Female Convict Table
Crimes and Sentences
TABLE 1
CRIMES THAT LED TO THE TRANSPORTATION OF WOMEN, 1770-1774
FROM THE OLD BAILEY PROCEEDINGS (PREVIOUS OFFENSES NOT COUNTED)
|
Theft |
Simple Grand Larceny |
289 women |
|
Unspecified Theft |
14 women |
|
|
Shoplifting |
18 women |
|
|
Pick pocketing |
16 women |
|
|
Specified Place |
45 women |
|
|
Receiving Stolen Goods |
16 women |
|
|
|
Burglary |
7 women |
|
Housebreaking |
5 women |
|
|
Highway Robbery |
7 women |
|
|
Petty Larceny |
7 women |
|
|
Robbery |
2 women |
|
|
All Theft |
426 women |
|
|
Perverting Justice |
1 woman |
|
|
Damage to Property |
1 woman |
|
|
Perjury |
3 women |
|
|
Other Offenses, Unknown |
14 women |
|
|
Total Number |
445 women |
TABLE 2
OLD BAILEY FIGURES FOR TRANSPORTATION SENTENCING OF FEMALE CONVICTS BY YEAR, 1718-1775
|
1718 |
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 |
TABLE 3
FEMALE CRIME BY AGE, 1725
Old or Presumed Old
|
Crime |
Sentence |
|
Theft |
Death |
|
Theft |
Death |
|
Receiving Stolen Goods |
Burnt in Hand |
|
Bigamy |
Acquitted |
|
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 |
TABLE 4
FEMALE CRIME BY OCCUPATION, 1725
Prostitutes or presumed Prostitutes
|
Crime |
Sentence |
|
Theft |
Acquitted |
|
Theft |
Acquitted |
|
Theft |
Acquitted |
|
Theft |
Transportation |
|
Theft |
Acquitted |
|
Theft |
Acquitted |
|
Theft |
Acquitted |
|
Theft |
Acquitted |
|
Theft |
Acquitted |
|
Theft |
Death |
|
Theft |
Acquitted |
|
Theft |
Acquitted |
Servants to the Prosecutors
|
Crime |
Sentence |
|
Theft |
Transportation |
|
Theft |
Transportation |
|
Theft |
Transportation |
|
Theft |
Transportation |
|
Theft |
Transportation |
|
Theft |
Transportation |
|
Theft |
Transportation |
|
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 |
|
Theft |
Transportation |
|
Theft |
Death |
|
Theft |
Acquitted |
|
Theft |
Transportation |
|
Theft |
Transportation |
|
Theft |
Transportation |