Transcription help.

I still can't find anything in the papers - but have found this on Ancestry (by searching for Thomas Wilding) taken from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1791-1868 for the ship Ramilles being transported to Western Australia, voyage date 25th April 1854 -

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So, it looks like he wasn't pardoned.....
 
So he did, great find Ann {-(^^)-}

Cooke, Edward William
Reg. No.: 2954
Term: Life
Age: 26
Trial Place: Prestigne 25 Mar 1848
Offence: Robbery with violence
Occupation: carpenter
Married/Single: S
Children: none
Height: 5' 9 1/2"
Hair: light brown
Eyes: grey
Face: long
Complexion: fresh - pock-pitted
Distinguishing marks: None
 
Now I know when he died.

COOKE, Edward William
2954
7 Aug 1854
Ramillies
Alias: COOK
Date of Birth: 1826
Date of Death: 30 Dec 1866
Place of Death: Northam
Marital Status: Unmarried
Occupation: Carpenter
Literacy: Literate
Sentence Date: 25 Mar 1848
Sentence Place: Prestigne, Radnor, Wales
Crime: Robbery with violence
Sentence Period: Life
Ticket Leave Date: 31 Aug 1854
Comments: Carpenter, self-employed, 1863-1865, joiner, labourer
 
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