§ Mr. Rhys Daviesasked the Home Secretary whether he will give particulars, for the year 1938, of the names and ages of the persons condemned to death for the crime of murder; the names of those executed and the date on which and the prisons at which each execution took place; the number of convicted murderers who were reprieved; and the number of 1129W those reprieved who had been recommended to mercy by the trial jury?
Persons condemned to death in England and Wales for murder during 1938. Name. Age. Reprieved or Executed. Date of Execution. Prison at which Executed. Smee, Walter Ernest … … 37 Reprieved. Smith, Walter … … 33 Executed 8th March Norwich. Williams, Caroline. … … 45 Reprieved. Goodchild, Albert E. … … 27 Reprieved. Smith, George … … 21 Reprieved. Caldwell, Charles Jas. … … 49 Executed 20th April Manchester. Robson, Charles Henry … … 27 Reprieved. Wyatt, Arthur … … 30 Reprieved. Martin, Stanley C.G. … … 27 Reprieved. Mumferd, Kathleen … … 40 Reprieved. Hoolhouse, Robt. Wm. … … 21 Executed 26th May Durham. Mohamed, Jan. … … 30 Executed 8th June Liverpool. Teasdale, William … … 32 Reprieved. Brown, Wm. England … … 49 Reprieved. Joynson, Frank B. … … 43 Reprieved. Parker, William … … 25 Executed 26th July Durham. Eastwood, Marguriter … … 29 Reprieved. Richards, Alfred E. … … 37 Executed 12th July Wandsworth. Graves, Wm. James … … 38 Executed 19th July Wandsworth. Brain, George … … 27 Executed 1st November Wandsworth. Paul, Sidney George … … 46 Reprieved. Clements, Leslie C. … … 28 Reprieved. Of the 14 persons reprieved eight had been recommended to mercy by the trial jury.