HC Deb 05 July 1956 vol 555 c133W
94. Mr. K. Robinson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of murders in Scotland known to the police for each month from January, 1955, to the latest month for which figures are available.

Mr. J. Stuart

The figures of murders made known to the police in Scotland are as follows:

1955 1956
January 1 2
February 1
March 1
April 2 2
May 1 1
June 1
July
August 1
September 1
October 2
November 1
December 2
NOTE: Two of these cases in 1955 originally reported as murders were later judicially determined to be cases of culpable homicide.

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