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sent him to the county gaol at once, the Coroner's jury
having returned a verdict of "Wilful urder" against him.
But, what did he do? He told the policeman to whom the
warrant had been given not to execute it immediately, as the
magistrate might wish to have the prisoner produced befbre
him. He (Mr. Wakley) addressed a letter to the Home
Secretary, and, on the day before, an answer wa3 returned by
him. He would read that answer :
" Whitehall, 28th FA., 1845.

Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to
acknowledge the receipt cf your letter of this morning,
representing that you have adjourned the inquest cm the body
of James Delarue, and that yen trust there may be no im-
pediment to the production of Thomas Hocker, who is now
in custody, charged with his murder, at the adjourned inquest.
" Sir James Graham has no objection to the Governor of
the New Prison producing the prisoner Hocker, in the
custody of his own officer, at the inquest, on receiving a
requisition from you to that effect; and he will direct that
this inlbrmation shall be given to the Governor. This course
Sir James Graham hopes, will prevent all difficulty; but it
must. be understood that the prisoner is to appear before the
`majstrates, on his remand, with which the course proposed
by you is not to interfere.—l have the honour, &c. •
a T. Wakley, Esq." " S. M. PRICLITPS.
That letter appeared quite satisfactory for the purpose. In-
spector Gray received his (Mr. Wakley's) requisition to the
Governor of the New Prison, and his (Mr.Wakley's)instruc-
lions to the inspector were, that if he not receive a dis-
tinct answer lie should come at once to him at the House of
Commons. The inspector was not to blame. There ap.
peared every reason to be perfectly satisfied with the com-
munication he haul received from the Governor of the prison.
He (Mr \Vakley) had afterwards received a letter from Mr.
Kilsby himself, .and that also he would read to the jury.
The following let ter was then read:by' the Deputy-Coroner :
" New Prison, Clerkenwell, Feb. 28, 1845.

Sir,---.I b-g leave to acquaint you that upon receipt of
your letter this evening, requesting the production of the
prisoner, Thomas Henry Mocker, before your inquest to-
morrow, I informed Inspector Gray, the bearer thereof, that
the communication which I had received from the Home-
office, signifying that Sir James Graham, the Secretary of
State, had no objection to the production of the prisoner at
the inquest, did not sufficiently authorise me to send the
prisoner without an authority from the consulting magis-
trate, or to disobey the order of the visiting justices of this
prison, posted on the 20th of June, 1842, a copy of which I
have subjoined, but that I would send an officer to accom
puny him with the documents to the committing magis-
trate, who would probably give an authority to deliver
the prisoner to the police, for the purpose required. The
committing magistrate declined giving such authority, but
intimated that he had no objection to the production of the
prisoner before you.
" I regret, therefore, that I have no positive order upon the
subject besides those contained in the w arrant of commitment
and the minute referred to.
" Under all the circumstances, however, I have thought it
my duty to send the above documents for the perusal of such
of the visiting justices as can be communicated with early
to-morrow morning, and shall be guided by the answer I re-
ceive.
" I hope this will reach you before you leave town in the
morning, as I am extremely anxious to assure you, that in
the event of any diSappointment taking place at the inquest,
I have done all in my power to comply with your request in
the absence of definite instructions.
" I have the honour to be, &c.,
" THOMAS KILSBY."
The order of the visiting justices, to which he referrel, was
this :
(Copy of the Order.)
" 2.11:W PRISON.-VISITING JUSTICES.
" June 20, 1842.

" Resolved,—That it appears to the Visiting Justices that
the keeper will not in future be justified in sending any pri-
soner committed for re-examination by a Magistrate on a
charge of homicide before the Coroner, in order to be present
at the inquest."
Now, unless the Governor had received a peremptory
order from the Secretary of State, he (Mr. Wakley) was not
surprised that he should have acted as be had done. But lie
was certainly surprised that Mr. Kilsby had not before re-
membered that this resolution of the justices was standing
upon the books of the gaol. Thus the matter stood. 'The
prisoner was not present, and, under those circumstances, he
was disposed to recommend that the inquiry lie further ad-
journed till half-past nine on Monday morning. He would re-
peat, then, what he had said on the last occasion, that if it was
the j ury'sdesire to go on with the inquest in the absence of the
accused person, that person being only remanded, and not
committed for trial by the ivagistrase, he (Mr. Wakley)
would start no objections; he would subject the jury to nu
further inconvenience, but go at once with the investiga-
tion. If it was their opinion that they should go on in the
absence of the accused person he would do so, but he
had endeavoured, since he had been appointed to that
office, to discharge its duties with advantage to the public.
The utility of the Coroner's office wasa subject of the greatest
importance that could arise in this country. The office was
calculated to ensure the greatest security to the liberties of
the subject, and unless the Court had the power to have be-
fore it the person accused of the murder, the very foundation
of the office was gone. Let them suppose that a time of
commotion might arise. Such had been, and such might be
again, and that a public meeting was called to complain of
certain or general grievances. The people might entertlin
one opinion with regard to the right of public meeting, and
the persons in power might entertain another and a very dif-
ferent opinion. He did not mean to refer to the present Go •
vernment, but to whatever Government might be in power
at the time. The people, he said, might entertain one opinion
and the Government another, and the latter might require
that the meeting should at once disperse. Sup-
posing that they did however meet, and that human
life was lost, that either the police or the soldiery
in the discharge of what they conceived to be their
duty might commit an assault on the pe.)ple who had as-
sembled, that four or five, or ten or seventy, or a hundred
might b 3 concerned in this slaughter, and it might be that
all this waste of life might arise from the violent conduct of
persons in office. An inquest would be held on the bodies;
the jury would sit to sift the inquiries and to investigate the
matter. A. B. would be called and he might say that he saw
the police fire and kill a man, woman, or child as it might be.
They might ask him the question " Do you know the police-
man's number ?" "I do not." " His name?" "I do not."
" Would you know him again if you saw hint ?" " Yes."
" Where is he "In the custody of the magistrate."
They wanted him at the inquest, but he was not present.
Now would it not be impossible to identify the guilty party
in such a case? In Ireland several lives were lost in a some-
what similar manner. A number of the police were put into
gaol, an inquest was held upon the persons killed, the police-
men were not identified, and none of them were put upon
trial. Such a case might occur in England. Such was his
opinicn ; but if the jury did not consider with him, and if
they wished the investigation to proceed, he was willing to
go on with it.
Several of the jurymen—Oh, no ; not in the absence of the

prisoner.
Mr. WAKLEY then referred to the medical evidence given
in the case of the murdered man Delarue, and stated that such
evidence could not be commanded by the magistrate, who i
was therefore obliged to take t from the Coroner's court. He
alluded also to the pow.er exercised by a Coroner's jury, of at
o
once committing a prisoner fer trial without their decision
leu the grand jury at the
s cesingsubjected srinr
non
sessions.
He
el
le ,concluded
nl tofc- Ipuatdshete irevisionanbnyeo again
morning.a
Monday
fn recommending the ad-
j
Mr. Hazard (a juror) thought that there was no
•thich the deceased person came
prisoner, but to record an
ne-
cessity for any further adjournment, as the business of a
oCpoirnoinoene as s jtioirythe
was
manner not
to
o b
y try
by his death. When they had done this, he considered that
as honest man they had done their duty, and that it was all
that was repined from them. He did not see what they had
to do with trying the accused party, and if they returned a
verdict against some person (,),r persons unknown—(Cries of
"nonsense, we must adjourn, &c.,
from the otherjurors)—
Mr. WAKLF:v said he must put an end to any discussion of
such a nature, because, however good a mm's resolution
might by, his reasoning might be very bad indeed.
Mr. Hazard—l am at liberty to give my own views.
Mr. wA.KLEy—Oh, certainly; but they may not be cor-
rect, you know.—(Laughter.)
The inquest was then adjourned till Monday.
At a later period a communication was received from the
Governor of the gaol, stating that the prisoner would be in
attendance, if wanted, that day.

The details in connexion with the murder of Mr. Delarue
are hourly, through the exertions of the officers of the detec-
tive force, being brought to light ; and the discoveries stated
to have been made since the lastatljournment of the Coroner's
inquest tend to throw great suspicion on, if they are not
found directly to implicate, another party, who, although not
in custody, is under the surveillance of the police.
During Friday the cesspools at the house of the ae-
cused's father, as also at his lodging in Victoria-terrace, were
searched, with a view to ascertain if there were any other
evidences of guilt secreted there. The poor father of the
alleged murderer offered every facility to the police, and in
assisting them in their search he himself discovered amongst
some rubbish a diamond ring, of which he at once gave them
information, and accompanied Inspector Furlong, of the S
division, to Marylebone Police-court, whets! the ring was ex-
hibited to the magistrate. It has been since shown to the
deceased's brother, who at once identified it. On further
search being made, the gold chain described by Mr. Daniel
Delarue as being attached to his brother's watch when he
last saw him alive was discovered, and there are here and
there spots of blood, clearly indicating tha tit was taken from
the body after the murder was perpetrated. Another disco-
very which more clearly brings the murder home to the ac-
cused, and which proves the cold-blooded atrocity which ac-
tuated it, has been made. The public are already aware
that a letter was found on the deceased person appointing to
meet him at a certain place, and which bore the signature
"Caroline." Among the papers at the supposed murderer's
lodgings has been discovered an exact copy of that letter,.
and ou their being compared the handwritings (which has
been proved to be that sof Thomas Henry Rocker)
in both are identical. The letter found on deceased's
person had the envelope stained with blood, and the infe-
rence therefore is, that on the murderer discovering what it
was, he returned it to the deceased's pocket, in order to allay
suspicion. A third black kid glove, covered with blood, was
found in the clothes of the deceased,
and, on its being com-
pared with the one discovered by the police at Hookers resi-
dence, it is found exactly to match.
The accused's brother, James Mocker, still in custody at
the Hampstead station, is exceedingly communicative, but
avoids all mention of the murder. lie was visited on Friday
by Captain flay, ono of the superintendents of police, and
Mr. Superintendent Carter. The former also visited the spot
where the murder was committed.
On inquiry on Friday at the New Prison, it was ascer-
tained that the prisoner had made no statement respecting
the sanguinary deed with which lie stands charged. He
exhibits the same indifference as at the police-court when
before the magistrate. At intervals lie becomes exceedingly
taciturn, whilst at other times he cheerfully enters into
conversation with the turnkey. At no time since his com-
mittal has he alluded to the murder of Mr. Delarue, but on
hearing on Thursday that his brother had also been taken
into custody by order of the Coroner, he for a few minutes be-
came somewhat egit4toO, hut, having made no remark, he
shortly resumed his former firmness, He hsss net tlepp visited
by any of his friends since his flatland-
i
It appears that Government, on the very day on the night
of which the supposed murderer was captured, bad deter-
mined on offering a reward of 100/. for the apprehension of
the murderer, and it is alleged that Watson was aware of
this, and wes thus induced to give the information. The evi-
dent reluctance of ills person afterwards to come forward,
and a declaration made by
day that he would not do so on Saturday, induc eo-
roner to bind him over in the sum of 501., and it is understood
bins having been /Warden
ed the Thurs-
that his movements have been strictly watched by the police
ever since.

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THE SUGAR DUVI-Es'.—Wp have heard from
rity on which we can rely, that the new antics onsugar are tO
come into operation until the 14th of March, even although the re
solutions should be passed by the House of Commons on Mends)",
which was the time stated when they were to commence.
routes slowly on.
INCOME-TAX„--The very grunt delay in making
payments to officers engaged under stonernoa Act (Act‘e, we
SOO hove it shortly), is producing a rg and stronger feeling.
11'0, rof W; t 41.4 Pz4 out Of pocket, the repay daY
l'oor eocouragelnel.4 oat
Aug" vrievesAnce • this :7 (kront a
Correspondent.)—(We Uhl Stii4: Ili; 0114 N SVOuld
rejoice to learn that the income-tai gatherers 'tad held
It meeting oq
Marston Moor or Kennington-common, and resolved tO give up their
QbnialQus calling.]