Mr. Patonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give for 1948, for England and Wales, the number of murders known to the police; the number of suspected murderers who committed suicide; the number of person's charged with murder; and the number of those so charged who were found to be insane.
§ Mr. EdeThe following are the provisional figures:
Murders known to the police 173 Number of suspected murderers who have committed suicide 38 Total number of persons charged with murder 95 Number of persons charged with murder who were found to be insane. Insane on arraignment 23 Guilty but insane 11