§ Mr. Wilkesasked the Attorney-General whether he will name the boroughs in which it is now proposed to abolish courts of quarter sessions with the number of cases dealt with by each of these courts in 1947 and 1948, respectively.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe following table gives the information which is desired:
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Borough Population at 31st December, 1948* 1947 1948 Cases for trial Appeals Cases for trial Appeals Banbury … … … 19,000 11 3 5 2 Bury St. Edmunds … … … 19,000 12 1 7 — Chichester … … … 18,000 4 — 1 — Newbury … … … 18,000 12 — 13 — Barnstaple … … … 16,000 — — — 1 Warwick … … … 15,000 2 — 10 3 Wenlock … … … 15,000 1 — 4 1 Andover … … … 14,000 7 3 31 — Carmarthen … … … 13,000 13 — 8 — Berwick-upon-Tweed … … … 12,000 5 — 2 — Faversham … … … 12,000 — — 2 — Stamford … … … 11,000 6 — 3 — Tiverton … … … 11,000 1 — 3 — Oswestry … … … 10,760 5 — — — Abingdon … … … 10,410 13 — 8 1 Bideford … … … 10,410 — — 1 — Lichfield … … … 10,160 10 — 17 1 Maldon … … … 9,574 1 — 1 — Hythe … … … 8,682 6 — 1 1 Devizes … … … 7,000 58 — 31 — Saffron Walden … … … 7,000 1 1 — — Sudbury … … … 7,000 1 — — — Bridgnorth … … … 6,000 — — 2 — Ludlow … … … 6,000 1 — — — Richmond (Yorkshire) … … … 5,000 9 1 4 1 Tewkesbury … … … 5,000 — — 1 — Rye … … … 4,000 11 — 9 — Sandwich … … … 4,000 12 1 4 10 Tenterden … … … 4,000 — — 3 — Thetford … … … 4,000 9 — 3 — South Molton … … … 3,000 — — — — * The figures for population are taken from the Registrar-General's Estimates, and are for the nearest thousand, except for populations in the neighbourhood of 10,000, for which the actual figure in the Estimates is given.