HL Deb 07 December 1960 vol 227 cc179-80WA
BARONESS WOOTTON OF ABINGER

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What persons (with names and dates) have been convicted of capital

A. England and Wales
Name Date of conviction Court Decision
Ronald Patrick Dunbar 16. 5.57 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Assizes. Verdict of manslaughter substituted on appeal.
John Willson Vickers 23. 5.57 Carlisle Assizes Executed.
Franklin Rupert McPherson 28. 6.57 Nottingham Assizes Verdict of manslaughter substituted on appeal.
Dennis Howard 18.10.57 Worcester Assizes Executed.
John Francis Spriggs 19.12.57 Birmingham Assizes Reprieved.
Albert Edward Matheson 30. 1.58 Durham Assizes Verdict of manslaughter substituted on appeal.
Vivian Frederick Teed 18. 3.58 Cardiff Assizes Executed.
Mary Elizabeth Wilson 29. 3.58 Leeds Assizes Reprieved.
Arthur John Bosworth 30. 4.58 Central Criminal Court Reprieved.
George William Collier 22. 5.58 Central Criminal Court Reprieved.
Matthew Kavanagh 3. 7.58 Warwick Assizes Executed.
Frank Stokes 23. 7.58 Leeds Assizes Executed.
Brian Chandler 29.10.58 Durham Assizes Executed.
Ernest Raymond Jones 10.12.58 Leeds Assizes Executed.
Joseph Chrimes 4. 3.59 Central Criminal Court Executed.
Ronald Henry Marwood 19. 3.59 Central Criminal Court Executed.
Michael George Tatum 23. 3.593 Winchester Assizes Executed.
David Lancelot Di-Duca 13. 4.59 Winchester Assizes Reprieved.
Bernard Hugh Walden 1. 7.59 Sheffield Assizes Executed.
Gunter Fritz Erwin Podola 24. 9.59 Central Criminal Court Executed.
Jim Smith 7. 4.60 Central Criminal Court Verdict of manslaughter substituted on appeal.
Verdict of capital murder restored on appeal to House of Lords. Reprieved.
Mihaly Pocze 1.6.60 Lancaster Assizes Reprieved.
John Louis Constantine 22. 7.60 Birmingham Assizes Executed.
Norman James Harris 26. 9.60 Central Criminal Court Executed.
Francis Robert George Henry 26. 9.60 Central Criminal Court Executed.
Francis Robert George Henry James Forsyth. 26. 9.60 Central Criminal Court Executed.
John Rogers 20.10.60 Somerset Assizes Reprieved.

B.Scotland
Peter Thomas Anthony Manuel 29. 5.58 High Court of Justiciary, Glasgow. Executed.
Donald Ferguson Forbes 25. 9.58 High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh. Reprieved
Alexander Main Stirling 9. 3.60 High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh. Reprieved.
House adjourned at two minutes past nine o'clock.

murder under the Homicide Act, 1957 (whether subsequently reprieved or not).

THE LORD CHANCELLOR (VISCOUNT KILMUIR)

The following table gives particulars of cases in Great Britain disposed of between the coming into force of the Homicide Act and the 31st October, 1960.