ACCESSORIES AND ABETTORS ACT 1861 ACCESSORIES AND ABETTORS ACT 1861 - LONG TITLE An Act to consolidate and amend the Statute Law of . . . Ireland relating to Accessories to and Abettors of indictable Offences.{1} [6th August 1861] Preamble rep. by SLR 1892 Ss.17 rep. by 1967 c.18 (NI) s.15(2) sch.2 As to abettors in misdemeanors: ACCESSORIES AND ABETTORS ACT 1861 - SECT 8 Abettors in misdemeanors. 8. Whosoever shall aid, abet, counsel, or procure the commission of any misdemeanor, whether the same be a misdemeanor at common law or by virtue of any Act passed or to be passed, shall [without prejudice to any other enactment] be liable to be tried, indicted, and punished as a principal offender. S.9 rep. by 1967 c.18 (NI) s.15(2) sch.2 Pt.II. S.11 rep. by SLR 1892