§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, of the numbers of apparent murders made known to the police from 1951 to 1960, how many cases involved the murder of more than one person, how many were proceeded against on a charge of murder, how many were proceeded against on a lesser charge, and how many were acquitted, in each year.
§ Mr. MaclayThe available information is shown in the tables below:
Year Number of cases involving more than one victim 1951 1 1952 — 1953 2 1954 1 1955 1 1956 1 1957 2 1958 3 1959 1 1960 2 164W
Year Number of persons proceeded against on charges of Murder or Capital Murder Not called for trial Convicted 1951 … 7 1 1 1952 … 5 — 3 1953 … 11 3 3 1954 … 7 3 3 1955 … 7 1 1 1956 … 13 8 1 1957 … 6 2 2 1958 … 14 — 6 1959 … 10 3 6 1960 … 16 6 5
Year Not Guilty Not Proven Insane and put at Her Majesty disposals' 1951 … — 1 4 1952 … — — 2 1953 … — — 5 1954 … — — 1 1955 … — — 5 1956 … — — 4 1957 … 1 1 — 1958 … 1 — 7 1959 … — — 1 1960 … 3 — 2 Notes
(1) Proceedings in any calendar year do not necessarily relate solely to cases made known in that year.
(2) The number of persons proceeded against on lesser charges is not available.