§ Mr. Buckasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the murders known to the police and of the offences known to the police which were first recorded as murder but reduced to manslaughter by the operation of Section 2 or Section 4 of the Homicide Act, 69W 1957, in each of the calendar years 1960 to 1963, inclusive, were done in the course of furtherance of theft, or by shooting or causing an explosion, or in the course or for the purpose of resisting or preventing arrest or of effecting or assisting an escape or rescue from legal custody, or were of a police office in the execution of his duty, or of a person assisting a police officer so acting, or were by a prison officer acting in the execution of his duty, or a person assisting a prison officer so acting.
§ Sir F. Soskice31 in 1960, 21 in 1961, 25 in 1962 and 22 in 1963.
§ Mr. Buckasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the murders known to the police and of the offences known to the police which were first recorded as murder but reduced to manslaughter by the operation of Section 2 or Section 4 of the Homicide Act, 1957, in each of the calendar years 1960 to 1963, inclusive, were committed by persons under the age of 18 years at the time of the offence, by persons between the ages of 18 years and under 21 years, by persons over the age of 21 years, and by persons whose ages are unknown.
§ Sir F. SoskiceThe information is given in the following table:
NUMBER OF MURDERS KNOWN TO THE POLICE IN THE YEAR STATED, LESS THOSE SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND NOT TO BE MURDER, TOGETHER WITH OFFENCES DECIDED TO BE MANSLAUGHTER UNDER SECTION 2 OF THE HOMICIDE AT 1957 Age of Offender Under 18 18, 19 or 20 21 or over Not known Total 1960 2 19 136 9 166 1961 4 12 133 12 161 1962 6 12 148 13 179 1963 3 16 151 18 188 There were no offences known to the police as murder during these years which were subsequently decided to be manslaughter under Section 4 of the Act.