§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table showing the number of convictions for murder, attempted murder and manslaughter, respectively, in each year since 1945.
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§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonFollowing is the information.
PERSONS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER ENGLAND AND WALES, 1945–1974 Year Murder Attempted murder Manslaughter 1945 21 50 101 1946 31 37 59 1947 35 47 67 1948 40 51 56 1949 33 38 71 1950 38 38 57 1951 22 28 71 1952 41 28 67 1953 26 25 54 1954 25 40 56 1955 30 22 45 1956 32 36 51 1957 40 34 69 1958 30 37 73 1959 42 35 75 1960 42 40 78 1961 51 52 92 1962 31 30 97 1963 46 28 118 1964 44 35 114 1965 57 29 131 1966 72 50 160 1967 63 38 158 1968 74 46 162 1969 75 46 164 1970 97 46 190 1971 97 52 195 1972 79 29 217 1973 90 46 234 1974 112 52 256