The crimes prosecuted by the colonial judicial system, and, by extension, the Sovereign Council, were diverse, although extra weight was given to crimes that undermined France’s colonial interests. An increasing problem was acts against the crown including forgery, where subjects created counterfeit money by modifying their playing cards (also a source of money at the time), and this comprised approximately 17% of all cases in the 18th century. Also rising as a proportion of all crimes over the 18th century were violent crimes like assault, which constituted approximately 1/3rd of all cases.