Green’s Dictionary of Slang

stall v.1

[SE stall, to set in a place, itself the root of install]
(UK Und.)

1. to apprentice or to work with.

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implied in stall to the rogue
[UK]Dekker Belman of London B4: He was asked by Whom he was Stalled, and Where, and in What manner of Compliment it was done.
[UK]Beaumont & Fletcher Beggar’s Bush III iv: I crown thy nab with a gage of ben bouse, / And stall thee by the salmon into clowes.
[UK]Lex. Balatronicum.
[UK]Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.

2. to attach oneself (to a criminal gang).

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[UK]Leaves from Diary of Celebrated Burglar 43/2: He wished to ‘pal in’ with a ‘mob,’ and with this idea ‘stalled’ himself into their company on every opportunity.

In phrases

stall to the rogue (v.)

to enlist a beggar as a full member of the underworld; thus stalling n., the enlistment or ‘ordaining’ process.

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[UK]Harman Caveat for Common Cursetours in Viles & Furnivall (1907) 34: Then doth this vpright man call for a gage of bowse, whiche is a quarte pot of drinke, and powres the same vpon his peld pate, adding these words:—‘I. G. P. do stalle thee W. T. to the Roge, and that from hence forth it shall be lawefull for thee to Cant’—that is, to aske or begge—‘for thy living in al places.’ [...] And if he mete any begger [...] he wyll demaund of him, whether euer he was stalled to the roge or no.
[UK]Groundworke of Conny-catching n.p.: [as cit. c.1566].
[UK]Dekker Belman of London B4: The first question hee demaunded, was, if hee were stalled to the Rogue or no? the poore Hungarian answered yes.
[UK]Middleton & Dekker Roaring Girle V i: I see that you are stalled to the rogue.
[UK]R. Holme Academy of Armory Ch. iii item 68c: Canting Terms used by Beggars, Vagabonds, Cheaters, Cripples and Bedlams. [...] Stalling making or ordaining.
[UK]B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Stalling, c. making or ordaining.
[UK]New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
, , , [UK]Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
, , [UK]Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue n.p.: stalling Making or ordaining. Stalling to the rogue; an ancient ceremony of instituting a candidate into the society of rogues, somewhat similar to the creation of a herald at arms.
[UK]Lex. Balatronicum.
[UK]Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.