Rough music practices would often be repeated for three or up to seven nights in a row. Many victims fled their communities and cases of suicide are not unknown.Banks Stephen (2014) Informal Justice in England and Wales, 1760 - 1914 pp. 76 - 82. Boydell Press As forms of vigilantism that were likely to lead to public disorder, ran-tanning and similar activities were banned under the Highways Act of 1882.
