§ 46. Mr. Fairbairnasked the Solicitor-General for Scotland how many cases were prosecuted in the High Court in Glasgow in the last year for which figures are available.
§ The Solicitor-General for ScotlandIn 1986 approximately 384 cases were indicted or adjourned into 25 sittings of the High Court in Glasgow. Of that number, 92 cases are recorded as pleas of guilty and 205 as having gone to trial. The balance comprises cases which were not called, deserted, adjourned or in which the accused failed to appear.