Awaking, she discovers that she has been violated and seeks to punish the miscreant. Once suitably attired, the miscreant was paraded through the town, effectively pilloried. There Jedson draws a "magic circle" around the miscreant, imprisoning him. In the novel "Malherb" is a miscreant who destroys Childe's tomb and beats his servant. Robinson warned the miscreant not to repeat such unsportsmanlike play. The Mayor is surprised to find that the disguised miscreant is his own son. In revenge he killed the miscreant and triggered the insurgency. Upon conviction, the miscreant is liable to fines or jail or both. He orders his agents to arrest the miscreant. Brahma wanted to protect his sacrificial ceremony against interference from danavas (miscreant beings). The ritual was interrupted by miscreant daityas (demons). Then, the ritual humiliation would take place, with the miscreant on public show. Plunkett took him in charge, and the miscreant got 7 years' transportation.