In 1656, upon returning home to Boston after three long years at sea, a seafarer identified only as Captain Kemble was so happy to see his wife that he kissed her in public. He was convicted of lewd and unseemly behavior, a crime punishable by two hours in the stocks where offenders were often pelted with rotten fruit. Kemble was convicted under the same set of centuries-old laws that today bans hunting in Massachusetts on Sundays.
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