HC Deb 18 February 1932 vol 261 cc1839-40W
Mr. GOLDIE

asked the Home Secretary the number of occasions on which since the year 1922 sentence of death has been pronounced upon persons between the ages of 16 and 21; and in how many cases capital punishment has been executed in the said period upon such persons?

Sir H. SAMUEL

During the 10 years from 1922 to 1931 inclusive the figures were 18 and four. I would add that the executions took place in the years 1922, 1923, 1925 and 1926 and that the ages were between 18 ¼ years and 20 ½ years.