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Show I When 8tocks Were In Common Use. A striking reminder of tho times when tho Inws of tho church wcro n good deal more offectlve, pet haps, than thoy nro to-day exists at Shore-ditch, Shore-ditch, Knglnud, In tho shnpo of hand . stocks nnd a whipping post still preserved pre-served as part of tho church property. Theso may bo seen at St. Leonard's Church In Shoreilltch. and tho church nuthorltlos quoto from tho chursh records rec-ords scores of Instances whero a parental pa-rental church used to Inflict corporal punishment on Its erring mombors. |