Colonial Cases
R. v. Lee and Wilkinson [1863]
Aborigines, killing of
Supreme Court of Western Australia
Burt C.J., 1 April 1863
Source: Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News, 3 April 1863, p. 3
Edward Lee, expiree, and James Wilkinson, t.l ., charged with murdering an aboriginal native
named Koomberry, at Mr. Lefroy'e Station, near the Blackwood. Found guilty of manslaughter, 5 years' penal servitude.