who are brought to the bar of justice are made to suffer for
their offences. Thus, although no woman has suffered the
death penalty in New York County in twenty years, the average
number of convictions for crime is practically the same for
women as for men in proportion to the number indicted. The
last unreversed conviction of a woman for murder in the first
degree was that of Chiara Cignarale, in May, 1887. Her
sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. Since then thirty
women have been actually tried before juries for homicide with
the following results:

Convicted of murder in first degree...........0
Acquitted "...................................7
" " murder in second degree...........3
" " manslaughter in first degree.....10
" " manslaughter in seconds degree...10

Total.......................................30


The percentage of convictions to acquittals is as follows:

Convictions Acquittals Convictions Acquittals
Per Cent Per Cent
1887-1907 ......23........7..........77..........23


It is distinctly interesting to compare this with the table
showing the results of all the homicide trials for the past
eight years irrespective of the sex of the defendants: