Hampshire Telegraph – 17 October 1877

COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS.- SATURDAY – Before T.Leach, Esq., (Chairman), Admiral Crozier, and B.T.Cotton, Esq. The last named magistrate took his seat on the bench for the first time since his appointment.

SMUGGLING. David Cotton, mariner, Brixton, who was remanded last Saturday on a charge of smuggling, was again brought up in custody charged with being found in possession of a stray warp used for smuggling purposes.