Service of copy of indictment for murder on prisoner, etc.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 65

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 65

Section 65. After the finding of an indictment for murder, the defendant, if in custody, shall forthwith be served by the sheriff or his deputy with a copy thereof and with an order of the court notifying him that the indictment will be entered forthwith upon the docket of the superior court for the county where found.