John Pilkington

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Bakka on 4th January 2012

Pilkington John 5847 10y 27 Liverpool .. .. 1859 Robbery with violence aka [James] Pilkington John 5847 labourer S none 5' 5" brown light hazel full fair stout 5847 Two scars on forehead, small scar on left cheek http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/con-wa28.html http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/conwad28.htm From http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3218784?searchTerm=pilkington john&searchLimits=l-title=The+West+Australian+%28Perth%2C...%7Ctitleid%3A30 DROWNED IN THE SWAN. Yesterday an inquest concerning the death ot John Pilkington whose body was found in the Swan River, near the Cause- way, on the 17th inst, was held before the District Coroner and a jury of three Evidence was given by G W Dale, a clerk in the Relief Department, who stated that he had known deceased for the past two years. He was at the office an Saturday, the 16th inst, when he obtained supplies for seven days. He was in the habit of becoming intoxicated in the city. He came out to the colony in the ship Palmerston in the year 1861 and was an expiree, No 5,847. Evidence was also given by Waltar Connell, a blacksmith, and George Parker, a 'bus driver, showing that deceased was a passenger by a 'bus which left the city at 8 o'clock on the night of the 9th inst. being then in an intoxicated condition Wm. Rewel, a water-police constable, de- tailed the finding of the body in the water on Sunday last. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased was found drowned, but there was no evidence to show how he got into the water .