* The following table gives the yearly percentages of
convictions and acquittals by verdict in New York County since
1901:

NUMBER NUMBER
YEAR CONVICTIONS ACQUITTALS CONVICTIONS ACQUITTALS
BY VERDICT BY VERDICT PER CENT PER CENT

1901........551...........344..........62............38
1902........419...........349..........55............45
1903........485...........307..........61............39
1904........495...........357..........58............42
1905........489...........299..........62............38
1906........464...........246..........65............35
1907........582...........264..........68............32
1908........649...........301..........62............38
1909........463...........235..........66............34
1910........649...........325..........66............34
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After a rather long experience as a prosecutor, in which he
conducted many hundreds of criminal cases, the writer believes
that the ordinary New York City jury finds a correct general
verdict four times out of five. As to talesmen in other
localities he has no knowledge or reliable information. It
seems hardly possible, however, that juries in other parts of
the United States could be more heterogeneous or less
intelligent than those before which he formed his conclusions.
Of course, jury judgments are sometimes flagrantly wrong. But
there are many verdicts popularly regarded as examples of