Hanging was the common punishment for theft and many other crimes.
The public whipping of both men and women through the streets was
frequent. Debtors were shut up in prison, and left to beg from
passers-by or starve; and ordinary offenders were fastened in a wooden
frame called the "pillory" and exposed on a high platform, where they
were pelted by the mob with mud, rotten eggs, and other unsavory
missiles. In some cases their bones were broken with clubs and
brickbats. The pillory continued in use until the accession of
Victoria in 1837.