Show first introduced canes cane the th mexicans first used canes la in america when the spanish conquered 1 the country a queer custom was introduced the chief executive exe cuBr of the towns carried a stick with a sold gold or silver head it was a kind of scepter the people of course coarse rarely knew imea how to read or write and when anyone was wanted for a crime one of the mayors subordinates would take the cane find the culprit and place it horizontally upon the batters lat chest the proceeding was equivalent to a summons an and d the man had to appear before the mayor under the penalty penally of being cast into prison this action was borrowed from spain where it stul still prevails in the more important actions I 1 |