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Show Early Use of Stocks In Shakespeare's day every town and village was compelled to maintain main-tain stock to deal with the rogues and vagabonds who Infested the country. A vagabond "caught In the act" was put in the stocks for three days and three nights on a diet of bread and water; If he repented the offense In the same parish the time was doubled.lt was up to the tramp to keep moving. When this punishment punish-ment proved insufficient the stores fell Into disuse, and fingering and branding were substituted. In a number of museums In this counlrT, says London Answers Magazine, there are Iron masks with two square holes cut In each, so thai the felon conM be branded pron" nently on either cheek. |