When defending themselves in Court, prostitutes often argued that the money had been a gift from the victim and managed to be acquitted, as the men prosecuting them were often drunk at the time of the theft and were not taken seriously by the Court.
Quando se defendiam em tribunal, as prostitutas costumavam argumentar que o dinheiro tinha sido uma oferta da vítima e conseguiam ser ilibadas, dado que os homens que as acusavam costumavam estar embriagados no momento do roubo e não eram levados a sério pelo tribunal.