Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 248, § 23 (2026)
Discharging prisoner
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Section 23. If no legal cause is shown for the imprisonment or restraint, the court or justice shall discharge the prisoner.
Notes of Decisions
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case, 1977–1977 · leading case: Patten, 369 N.E.2d 1041 (Mass. App. Ct. 1977).
Patten, 369 N.E.2d 1041 (Mass. App. Ct. 1977). “We need not pass upon the petitioner’s contention that the respondent has no right of appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court discharging the petitioner from custody, pursuant to G. L. c. 248, § 23 (see Note, 41 Harv. L.”
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