Employed in the colonial service, he served as Chief Justice of St Vincent (1931–1933), Attorney General of Fiji (1933-1938), and as a judge in British Kenya.
[4] Thacker took up the post of Attorney General of Fiji at the end of 1933, passing through Sydney en route to Suva on 21 December.
In his summing up, Thacker declared: You have successfully plunged many Africans back to a state which shows little humanity.
[9]He added: You have let loose upon this land a flood of misery and unhappiness affecting the daily lives of the races in it, including your own people.
[10]Kenyatta remained imprisoned until 14 April 1959, and his civil rights were not fully restored until August 1961.