In fact, the Scots requirement of corroboration in criminal matters changes the practical prosecution of crimes derived from the same enactment.
Private prosecutions are very rare in Scotland and these require "Criminal Letters" from the High Court of the Justiciary.
Historically, there were no set forms for verdicts used by early juries, and their role was simply to find the guilt or innocence of the accused.
[2] It was then left to the judge to pronounce upon the facts found "proven" whether this was sufficient to establish guilt of the crime charged.
This practice persisted until the 1728 trial of Carnegie of Finhaven, where the jury's right to return a verdict of not guilty, and essentially pronounce on innocence and guilt, was re-established.