Note 409 — Chapter II
Henry P. (Henry Pomeroy) Horton translation
Fourth. Finally many more crimes are committed than are mentioned by criminal statistics. Although I have already spoken of this (p. 84), I must return to it. In the first place, most criminal statistics give the figures only for those convicted. Those acquitted have no place, although, with few exceptions, a crime has nevertheless been committed. We know that the number of acquittals is very considerable. In Germany, there were 15 to 20 acquittals to 100 cases tried (1882–1896);409 in Italy the number of acquittals ran as high as 51.37% (1890–1895).410