The Sun.
London, England, 1832-06-06 00:00:00

RECEIVED THIS DA Y.

Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, the coroner's inquiry
into the circumstances of this most dreadful of murders
was re-commenced in the Town-hall, Leicester. The
town-clerk, Mr. Burbridge, announced that he had received
a letter from the Secretary of State, informing him that
the Gazette would contain an offer of a reward of 1001.
from Government, and a similar sum was offered by the
relatives of the unfortunate gentleman. Every informa-
tion he had received tended to confirm him in his opinio❑
that they were in the right track, and it was his belief
that even at that very time the man was captured.
Mr. John Sawbridge is a milkman residing in Welling.
ton-street, where he rents premises, of which he has un
derlet a part, consisting of a shop only, over a cow-house,
to Cook. The entrance to this is through a narrow pas
sage, at the top of which is a door, which is regularly fas
tened at ❑ights, and forms, indeed, the only door of access
to the whole of the premises. The shop is about eighteen
yards distant from the back of the house. He saw Cook
about eleven o'clock on the Wednesday morning ;
rime down from his shop and spoke to witness, who was
engaged washing a tub in a yard, and then went out
the front door. Witness did not see him again till ten
o'clock in the evening. Witness was then sitting up fo,
him in consequence of information he received from his
wife that Cook was coming to work late at night. lie
had told her so about half-past six o'clock in the evening,
at which hour he quitted the premises. Witness was
looking out at the door when Cook came ❑p. WitmsF,
asked him whether he was going to work all night, and
he replied that he should probably work four or five hours.
Mrs. Sawbridge, wife of Mr. John Sawbridge, examined
—On Thursday morning, about eight o'clock, I was
engaged in hanging out clothes in the yard when Cook
came up through the passage. He put his hand into his
pocket, and then said, " I got wet through this morning,
and I have been obliged to change my dress, and I have
left the key in my other coat pocket, and must go back
and fetch it." He then went away. I saw him next
about ten o'clock that morning. I was in the yard, and
he asked me if I would lend him a mop to clean his shop
with ; he said he had began with a besom, but could not
get on with it. The mop stood against the pump, and

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told him he was welcome to the use of it. He toed it,.
ind went up into the shop, and fetched water frequentl
in a bucket during the morning. The dirty water he
threw down the drain. I did not observe the colour of
it, for they were in the habit of using much water in the
business, and it WAS generally very dirty when thrown
Away. I cannot say how long he was engaged in this
work. On the Wednesday night Cook might have come
down the passage and unlocked the door, and let any
person in or out, without our hearing the noise. He had
never been intrusted with the key before that night.
Michael Cook was in the habit of coming to the premises,
but I never saw him there after Saturday week.
Mr. R. F. Plant, book-binder of Leicester, stated thnt
Mr. Paas called upon him on the morning of Wednesdays
and left some engraved patterns, you can look them over
and see if any of them will suit you ; and as! am coming
your way in the afternoon to call on Cook, I will call on
you at the same time. Mr. Pass never returned.

Two bills of parcels were produced of roods supplied to
Cook by the firm, at the head of which was the deceased.
They were taken off separate files in Cook's, on the
morning when the full discovery of the murder was made.
The attention of the Jury was particularly called to one
,f these. It was for goods furnished on the 13th Sept.
to the amount of 12s. and was receipted " Settled, I. P."
It was supposed that the deceased was in the act of
writing this receipt when the fiend-like blow was at: uck,
and this supposition was much strengthened by the ap-
pearance of the P. which was finished, and just below the
faint stroke which terminated the final curve, the pen had
forcibly fallen back on the letter, making a dot, and thence
.triking into a hard pressed line, running about an inch
to the left, and inter,ecting the I about the centre. It was
further stated that Mr. Peas always wrote his name at
length, and it is supposed that such was his intention in
his instance, front the circumstance that while there was
very distinct stop between the I and the P, there with
none after the P.
Thisconcluded the evidence.
The Jury then retired, and, after an absence of a few
ninutes, came back into Court and declared their verdict
be, that the remains, which bad been the subject of
nquiry, were those of Mr. Pass, and that he had been
nurdered by James Cook.
The Court was then adjourned till seven o'clock in the
vening, to afford time to draw the record of the verdict
n parchment, with the necessary legal technicalities. At
he appointed hour, the Jury re-assembled, and, having
,verally subscribed their names to the inquisition, were
banked by the Coroner for their services, and discharged
, rota all further attendance,