To constitute a riot at common law an unlawful assembly is necessary, and if, when thus assembled, they concoct a breach of the peace and in pursuance thereof execute it, this is sufficient to complete the offense.136

130 Bill vs. Mallory, 61 Ill., 167.

131 Hardenbeck vs. State, 10 Ind., 460; Dixon vs. State, 105 Ga., 787. 132 Ferguson vs. People, 90 Ill., 512; Freeland vs. People, 16 Ill., 380; Hughes' Cr. Law, Sec. 1298.

133 Aron vs. City of Wausau, 98

Wis., 592.

134 Dixon vs. State, 105 Ga., 795;

Coney vs. State, 113 Ga., 1060. 135 Reg. vs. Atkinson, 11 Cox, C. C, 330.

A riot may be committed without actually terrifying anyone.137 Nor is it essential that the rioters should be boisterous or noisy.138