186 there are thirteen cases where one of the instances, concerning at least one of the accused, has decided for a conditional acquittal/^ As stated above, in five of these cases there are acquittals as well. In two of the cases, furthermore, at least one of the instances has decided for an ahsolutio ab instantia7^\ in three others, for a confessional imprisonment.^"^ In two cases, the principal accused has been, in one of the instances, given a conditional acquittaF-'’; the others involve other than principal accused. Thus, the statistics show that conditional acquittal has most often been regarded as an alternative to acquittal, and less often to ahsolutio ah instantia. Conditional acquittal, like acquittal, was applied to a very limited extent in the homicide cases by the higher instances. Ahsolutio ab Instantia Ahsolutio ah instantia was by itself mainly used by the lowest instance - this is, however, self-evident, because in the upper instances ahsolutio ah instantia was usually accompanied by confessional imprisonment which, in turn, was not at the lower courts’ disposal. Out of the 27 cases in which ahsolutio ah instantia was employed in at least one of the three instances, it was used by a lower court in 26 cases,by a high court in five cases,and by theJDS in only three cases.Insofar as the evidence in these cases is concerned, it remains ambiguous: rather convincing, but not enough to have warranted tougher measures such as confessional imprisonment. Again, however, it is impossible to define exactly a priori how much evidence was needed for ahsolutio ah instantia\ that remained for the courts to evaluate quite freely and case by case. The frequent balloting at the high courts reveal the difficulties involved in the decision-making.^9 Saxenberg, pag. 117/1825; Mäki, pag. 31/1829; Bäckström, pag. 247/1829; Westerlund, pag. 116/1830; Hirschman, pag. 356/1830; Palander — Walli, pag. 422/1830; Matikain, pag. 191/1835; Selenius, pag. 449/1849; Molin, pag. 307/1850; Latomäki, pag. 354/1850; Granfors, pag. 360/1850; Peldola, pag. 367/1850; and Leino, pag. 122/1851. Saxenberg, pag. 117/1825; and Latomäki, pag. 354/1850. Westerlund, pag. 116/1830; and Hirschman, pag. 356/1830. Westerlund, pag. 116/1830; and Latomäki, pag. 354/1850. Glad, pag. 191/1820; Enonranta, pag. 241/1820; Saxenberg, pag. 117/1825; Kuituin, pag. 362/1829; Grönroos, pag. 144/1830; Bäckström, pag. 247/1830; Pankoff, pag. 402/1830; Kuosmanen, pag. 412/1830; Matikain, pag. 352/1834; Jääskeläin, pag. 148/1835; Romar, pag. 171/1835; Matikain, pag. 191/1835; Isaacsson, pag. 418/1835; Ullgrcn, pag. 242/1835; Tobin, pag. 244/1836; Lönnqvist, pag. 415/1836; Sibelius-Berggren, pag. 42^1840; Assinen, pag. 252/1840; Carlsson, pag. 366/1840; Bertula, pag. 506/1840; Ketolain, pag. 80/1841; Akselila, pag. 85/1845; Höri-Sillanpää, pag. 255/1850; Latomäki, pag. 354/1850; Erämaa-Wikman, pag. 379/1850; and Johansson, pag. 463/ 1850. Pankoff, pag. 402/1830; Tobin, pag. 244/1836; Isaacsson, pag. 418/1840; Latomäki, pag. 354/1850; and Erämaa-Wikman, pag. 379/1850. Hakulinen, pag. 180/1830; Matikain, pag. 352/1834; and Erämaa-Wikman, pag. 379/1850. See for instance Jylha, pag. 171/1819; Kolpanen, pag. 123/1823; Rossa, pag. 72/1824; Sirck,
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