Alarms, CONN. GEN. STAT. (Samuel Green 1673) (Law Passed 1672).

"ALARMS.

    IT is Ordered by the Authority of this Court; That when there is an Alarm in any Plantation, the Soldiers^[1] shall repair to the several Squadrons or places in which their chief Officers hath appointed them to meet in; and any person that shall neglect or refuse to attend his duty herein, he shall be punished, by a fine of five pounds, or imprisoned, or other corporal punishment; always provided, such delinquency be complained of, and prosecuted within six months,^[2] and the Delinquent do not give a satisfying reason to the Court of his disability to attend this Order.

False Alarms.

    IT is Ordered by the Authority of this Court; That if any person or persons in this Colony, without just and necessary occasion to do so, shall cause any Alarm, by firing any Gun or Guns, or otherwise, in any of our Plantations, at any time between the shutting in of the Evening or break of the Day (such practices being very prejudicial to the comfort and safety of the Plantations) the person or persons that are discovered, and convicted to be guilty herein, shall pay five pounds a piece to the public^[3] Treasury, or suffer two months^[4] Imprisonment, or other Corporal punishment; provided, the Delinquency be complained of, and prosecuted within six months^[5] after the same is committed."