Robert Thomas Palin (c.1835 – 6 July 1861) was a convict transported to Western Australia.
In April 1860, he was appointed a probationary constable and received his ticket of leave in January 1861.
Susan Harding gave evidence that her husband had been away and that she had woken during the night to find a man standing at the side of her bed.
The following morning, the police followed a set of footprints to Palin's house, where they found some wet boots whose tread matched the prints.
Chief Justice Archibald Burt passed a sentence of death and Palin was hanged three days later on 6 July 1861.