Kinson Church

To the memory of Robert Trotman, Late of Rond in the County of Wilts who was barbourously murder'd on the Shore near Poole the 24th March 1765.

A little Tea one leaf I did not steal
For Guiltless bloodshed shed I to God appeal
Put Tea in one scale human Blood in tother
And think what tis to flay thy harmless brother.

Smugglers tombstone in Kinson Churchyeard, Dorset. He was shot by the Excise men while smuggling tea. This stone is one of seven containing a charge of murder.