When there is room for pity on the part of a criminal, a kind of disciplinary action called 'nobori-azuke'' was carried out based on an unwritten law of the time, whereby 'nobori' (banner) used in the criminal's hikimawashi was given to the criminal's employer.
罪人にも同情すべき点がある場合「幟あずけ」と呼ばれる、引き回しの時に使われた幟を主人に下げ渡す不文律の懲戒処分が行われた。