The use of stocks, pillory, gallows and gibbets all took place. However, the main purpose in putting criminals in the pillory was to publicly humiliate them. Punishments were usually public, such as confinement to the stocks or pillory. Other frequently used punishments included branding, cutting off ears, and placing people in the pillory. The pillory was a method for carrying out public denunciation. The Market Square is also the location of the town's pillory and whipping post. After his three days in the pillory, Defoe went into Newgate Prison. The three were convicted of sedition and sentenced to the pillory. Penalties for breach included amercements, pillory and tumbrel. These were iron collars for chaining up offenders in public view, like a pillory. The town had a pillory, stocks, and a ducking chair. This is where the pillory where the prisoners were executed was located. They were sentenced to a year in prison and four sessions in the pillory. Wilbur is held in a pillory in the cellar. This was often followed by a spell in the stocks or pillory.