§ Mr. Hannanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state for each of the past five years at any convenient date the number tried for motoring offences at sheriffs' courts in Glasgow, and the number of cases still outstanding at each of those dates.
§ Mr. MaclayThis information is contained in the following table:
Year Road Traffic Act trials disposed of Road Traffic Act trials outstanding at 31st December 1956 … 433 220 1957 … 415 259 1958 … 482 217 1959 … 479 292 1960 … 574 462* NOTE: By "trials" is meant cases which are tried on a plea of "not guilty". The figure marked * represents pleas of "not guilty" at first diet; a significant proportion of these cases may not proceed to trial as such.
§ Mr. Hannanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state for the latest convenient date the number of cases awaiting trial for motoring offences at Glasgow sheriffs' courts; and how many of this total had been waiting two months, three months, four months, six months and nine months or more.
§ Mr. MaclayThe number of cases relating to motor offences awaiting trial—as a result of a plea of "not guilty" at first diet—at 31st December, 1960, was 462. The periods spent awaiting trial at that date were as follows:
WAITING PERIOD Under 2 months 2 months 3 months 4 months 5 months 357 47 30 26 2
§ Mr. Hannanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state for each of the past five years at any convenient date the total number of cases tried before the sheriffs' courts in Glasgow, and the number of cases awaiting trial at each of those dates.
21WMr. Maclay:
Year Total trials disposed of Cases awaiting trial at 31st December 1956 … 1,106 398 1957 … 1,143 460 1958 … 1,305 436 1959 … 1,320 491 1960 … 1,391 843* NOTE: By "trials" is meant cases which are tried on a plea of "not guilty". The figure marked * represents pleas of "not guilty" at first diet; a significant proportion of these cases may not proceed to trial as such.
CASES HEARD IN THE SMALL DEBT COURTS IN GLASGOW 1956 TO 1960 Year Sheriff Court Pending at 1st January New Cases Total Cases Disposed of Pending at 31st December 1956 … … 466 30,438 30,904 30,245 659 1957 … … 659 37,685 38,344 37,548 796 1958 … … 796 42,751 43,547 42,747 800 1959 … … 800 44,891 45,691 44,730 961 1960 … … 961 46,304 47,265 46,393 872
Justices of the Peace Court 1956 … … 21 2,068 2,089 2,073 16 1957 … … 16 2,364 2,380 2,347 33 1958 … … 33 4,208 4,241 4,213 28 1959 … … 28 3,783 3,811 3,778 33 1960 … … 33 3,769 3,802 3,754 48