A
STATEMENT OF THE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE
Said ofFences
between sunrise
and set.
lawful occasions, shall rise, assemble, or appear by day or by night to thfe terror
of His Majesty's subjects; every person so offending^ being thereof lawfully
convicted upon indictment,' shall be adjudged guilty of an high misdemeanor, &c.
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Sections 3 and 4 are repealed by 1 & 2 Will. fV. c. 44, s. 1.
V. If any person or persons shall after the hour of six in the forenoon, the
sun being risen^ and before sun set, commit any of the offences last herein
before mentioned, he, she, or they so offending, shall, on conviction thereof, &c.
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Section 6 enacts that justices, sheriffs, and other peace officers may, taking
the necessary assistance, apprehend and disperse all persons engaged in such
crimes.
Section 7 is repealed by 7 Will. IV. and 1 Vict, c, 23, s. 1.
Sections 8—13 relate to presentments for compensation.
Section 14 relating to offences committed before 1st December 1775 has
expired.
Section 15 is repealed by 1 & 2 Will. IV. c. 44, s. I.
Section 16 is an indemnity for witnesses.
Section 17 is repealed by 1 & 2 Will. iV. c. 44, s. 1.
Section 18 is as to presentments.
Sections 19 & 20 are repealed by 1 & 2 Will. IV. c. 44.
Section 21, "all and every person and persons who shall by force, violence,
" or menace, unlawfully impose or tender any oath on any book, or in any other
" manner, any solemn engagement on or to any person or persons, shall on
" conviction thereof, &c. * * * * * and that it shall
" not be necessary in any indictment for said offence to set forth .the said oath
" or oaths or solemn engagements particularly."
Section 22 relates to summoning and examining witnesses.
Section 23. Every person who by sound of drum, horn, musick, Are, shouting,
or other signal, shall knowingly excite, encourage, or promote such unlawful
meetings as aforesaid shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor.
Accessories may be convicted, though the principals be not taken or con¬
victed.
Sections 24-29. Warrants, recognizances, savings, &c.
17 & 18 Geo. III. c. 36.
Section 8. Extends the Act 15 & 16 Geo. III. c. 21, to cities and counties of
cities. The rest of the Act is repealed by Stat. Law Rev. (I.) Act, 1879.
If any persons to
the number of 12,
meet in an un¬
lawful and riotous
manner, and do
not disperse when
required by a
justice of peace,
&c., in one hour,
deemed felons.
27 Geo. III. c. 15.
An Act to prevent tumultuous risings and assemblies and for the more effectual
punishment of persons guilty of onirage, riot, and illegal combination and
of administering and taking unlawful oaths.
For the further prevention of tumultuous risings and assemblies, and for the
more adequate and effectual punishment of persons guilty of outrage, riot,
and illegal combination, and of adminisiering and faking unlawful oaths
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' being unlawfully, riotously, and tumultuously assembled, to the disturbance of
the public peace at any time after the Twenty-fiith day of March One thousand
Seven hundred and Eighty-seven, and being required or commanded, in the
King's name, by any one or more justice or justices of the peace, or by the
sheriff of the county, or his under-sheriff, or by the mayor, sheriff, bailiff or
bailiffs, or other head officer or justice of the peace of any city or town corporate,
where any such rising or assembly shall be, by proclamation to be made in the
King'
