§ 750.523Riots and unlawful assemblies; refusal to aid officer

Sec. 523.



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    Refusal to aid officer to disperse or arrest rioters—If any person present, being commanded
 by any of the magistrates or officers aforesaid, to aid and assist in seizing and securing such
 rioters, or persons so unlawfully assembled, or in suppressing such riot or unlawful assembly,
 shall refuse or neglect to obey such command, or when required by any such magistrate or
 officer to depart from the place of such riotous or unlawful assembly, shall refuse or neglect so
 to do, he shall be deemed to be 1 of the rioters or persons unlawfully assembled, and shall be
 liable to be prosecuted and punished accordingly.