<P> England's Statute of Labourers 1351 prescribed the use of the stocks for "unruly artisans" and required that every town and village erect a set of stocks . Sources indicate that the stocks were used in England for over 500 years and have never been formally abolished . </P> <P> Finger pillories often went by the name of "finger stocks". Public stocks were typically positioned in the most public place available, as public humiliation was a critical aspect of such punishment . Typically, a person condemned to the stocks was subjected to a variety of abuses, ranging from having refuse thrown at them, tickling to paddling, whipping of the unprotected feet (bastinado). </P> <P> Their last recorded use in the United Kingdom was in 1872 at either Adpar, Newcastle Emlyn, west Wales or Newbury, Berkshire, England (11 June). </P> <P> In Toronto, Ontario, Canada, court records from 1811 required the building of a set of stocks for punishment . The Spanish conquistadores introduced stocks as a popular form of punishment and humiliation against those who impeded the consolidation of their settlements in the new world . They were still used in the 19th century in Latin America to punish indigenous miners in many countries for rebelling against their bosses . </P>

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