HC Deb 09 February 1939 vol 343 cc1128-9W
Mr. Rhys Davies

asked the Home Secretary whether he will give particulars, for the year 1938, of the names and ages of the persons condemned to death for the crime of murder; the names of those executed and the date on which and the prisons at which each execution took place; the number of convicted murderers who were reprieved; and the number of those reprieved who had been recommended to mercy by the trial jury?

Persons condemned to death in England and Wales for murder during 1938.
Name. Age. Reprieved or Executed. Date of Execution. Prison at which Executed.
Smee, Walter Ernest 37 Reprieved.
Smith, Walter 33 Executed 8th March Norwich.
Williams, Caroline. 45 Reprieved.
Goodchild, Albert E. 27 Reprieved.
Smith, George 21 Reprieved.
Caldwell, Charles Jas. 49 Executed 20th April Manchester.
Robson, Charles Henry 27 Reprieved.
Wyatt, Arthur 30 Reprieved.
Martin, Stanley C.G. 27 Reprieved.
Mumferd, Kathleen 40 Reprieved.
Hoolhouse, Robt. Wm. 21 Executed 26th May Durham.
Mohamed, Jan. 30 Executed 8th June Liverpool.
Teasdale, William 32 Reprieved.
Brown, Wm. England 49 Reprieved.
Joynson, Frank B. 43 Reprieved.
Parker, William 25 Executed 26th July Durham.
Eastwood, Marguriter 29 Reprieved.
Richards, Alfred E. 37 Executed 12th July Wandsworth.
Graves, Wm. James 38 Executed 19th July Wandsworth.
Brain, George 27 Executed 1st November Wandsworth.
Paul, Sidney George 46 Reprieved.
Clements, Leslie C. 28 Reprieved.
Of the 14 persons reprieved eight had been recommended to mercy by the trial jury.

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