Just as the Salem witch trials, if you were found guilty of witchcraft, in most cases, you were put to death. Again the most common method of disposal was hanging (Biles). Although sometimes they were burned at the stake (Hole 161). The accused were also often put into the stocks, devices that partially immobilized its victim as villagers threw mud, rotten eggs, moldy fruit and vegetables, smelly fish, and excrement (both animal and human) , as a form of public humiliation. Sometimes, there was a public whipping to give an example to those practicing witchcraft (Biles).