§ Mr. Patonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for Scotland for 1949, the number of murders known to the police; the number of suspected murderers who committed suicide; the number of persons charged with murder; and the number of those so charged who were found unfit to plead, or guilty but insane; the number convicted of murder and sentenced to death; the number charged with murder and acquitted; and the numbers of those convicted who were reprieved and executed, respectively.
Mr. McNeilThe police investigated 14 cases of murder in Scotland in 1949. Four suspected murderers committed118W suicide. Eight persons were charged with murder; of these one was found to be insane and unfit for trial, and seven were acquitted.