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Massachusetts Statutes, Title I

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Chapter 274

8 sections in this chapter.

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8 sections·Filtered byTitle I✕Ch 274✕

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 274, § 1 Felonies and misdemeanors
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Section 1. A crime punishable by death or imprisonment in the state prison is a felony. All other crimes are misdemeanors.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 274, § 2 Aiders; accessories before fact; punishment
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Section 2. Whoever aids in the commission of a felony, or is accessory thereto before the fact by counselling, hiring or otherwise procuring such felony to be committed, shall be punished in the manner provided for the punishment of the principal felon.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 274, § 3 Counselling or procuring felony; prosecution as accessory before fact or principal; punishment; venue
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Section 3. Whoever counsels, hires or otherwise procures a felony to be committed may be indicted and convicted as an accessory before the fact, either with the principal felon or after his conviction; or may be indicted and convicted of the substantive felony, whether the princi…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 274, § 4 Accessories after fact; punishment; relationship as defence; cross-examination; impeachment
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Section 4. Whoever, after the commission of a felony, harbors, conceals, maintains or assists the principal felon or accessory before the fact, or gives such offender any other aid, knowing that he has committed a felony or has been accessory thereto before the fact, with intent …

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 274, § 5 Felon's conviction or amenability to justice; venue

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Section 5. An accessory to a felony after the fact may be indicted, convicted and punished, whether the principal felon has or has not been previously convicted, or is or is not amenable to justice, either in the county where he became an accessory or in the county where the prin…

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 274, § 6 Attempts to commit crimes; punishment

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Section 6. Whoever attempts to commit a crime by doing any act toward its commission, but fails in its perpetration, or is intercepted or prevented in its perpetration, shall, except as otherwise provided, be punished as follows: First, by imprisonment in the state prison for not…

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 274, § 7 Conspiracy; penalties

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Section 7. Any person who commits the crime of conspiracy shall be punished as follows: First, if the purpose of the conspiracy or any of the means for achieving the purpose of the conspiracy is a felony punishable by death or imprisonment for life, by a fine of not more than ten…

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 274, § 8 Solicitation, counsel, advice or enticement of crime; penalties

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Section 8. Whoever solicits, counsels, advises, or otherwise entices another to commit a crime that may be punished by imprisonment in the state prison, with the intent that the person, in fact, commit or procure the commitment of such crime shall, except as otherwise provided, b…