§ Mrs. Braddockasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of appeals to quarter sessions from the stipendiary magistrates for Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester for the periods of 12 months ended 31st December, 1954, 12 months ended 31st December, 1955, and six months ended 30th June, 1956, respectively.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeThe following table shows the number of persons whose appeals in criminal cases were disposed of by the Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester City Quarter Sessions, respectively, in 1954 and 1955. Owing to a change in the form in which the statistics are collected, the figures for the two years may not be directly comparable. I regret that it is not possible to distinguish appeals against the decisions of the stipendiary magistrates from those against decisions of lay justices, and that figures for 1956 are not yet available.
— 1954 1955 Birmingham 21 9 Liverpool 90 121 Manchester 42 45
§ Mrs. Braddockasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in so far as appeals from the Liverpool Stipendiary Magistrate are concerned, in each of the periods of 12 months ended 31st December, 1954 and 1955, and of six months ended 30th June, 1956, respectvely, what number of appeals were allowed ; and what number were dismissed.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeThe following table shows the number of persons whose appeals in criminal cases were disposed of by the Liverpool City Quarter Sessions in 1955 and the result of the appeals. Owing to a change in the form in which the statistics are collected no directly 189W comparable figures are available for 1954, but in that year the number of persons whose appeals in criminal cases were disposed of by the Liverpool City Quarter Sessions was 90. In the case of 42 the conviction or order was confirmed
— Number of persons Appeals against conviction only or against conviction and sentence or order Appeals againt sentence or order only Appeal abandoned Conviction quashed Conviction confirmed Sentence or order Without variation of sentence or order With variation of sentence or order Confirmed Varied 1955 … 121 8 26 17 12 26 32
§ Mrs. Braddockasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many accused persons have elected to go for trial to Quarter Sessions from the stipendiary magistrates for Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester, during each of the 12 monthly periods ended 31st December, 1954 and 1955, and of the six monthly period ended 30th June, 1956.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeI regret that this information is not available.