Tumultuous Risings Act, 1775

Signals to encourage such meetings, misdemeanor, all accessaries tried, tho’ principals not taken.

XXIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that every person, who by sound of drum, horn, musick, fire, shouting, or other signal, shall knowingly excite, encourage, or promote such unlawful meetings as aforesaid, shall be adjudged guilty of an high misdemeanor; and that all accessaries before and after any of the offences aforesaid shall and may be tried and convicted, although the principal or principals be not taken or convicted.