Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 58 (2026)
Larceny; embezzlement from voluntary association
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Section 58. Whoever, being an officer, agent, clerk or servant of a voluntary association or society, embezzles or fraudulently converts, or fraudulently takes or secretes with intent so to do, effects or property which belong to such association or society, or which have come to his possession or are under his care by virtue of his office or employment, shall be guilty of larceny.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1924–2008 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Campbell, 616 N.E.2d 430 (Mass. 1993).
Commonwealth v. Campbell, 616 N.E.2d 430 (Mass. 1993). “The Legislature could have used the term “voluntary association,” as it did in G. L. c. 266, § 58 (1990 ed.), which was enacted in 1884 (St.”
Commonwealth v. Novick, 248 Mass. 317 (1924). “328, (now G. L. c. 266, §§ 58, 59). By the express terms of said §§ 58, 59, an officer of a voluntary association or society who fraudulently converts its money, goods or property, which have come to his possession by virtue of his office, is made guilty of larceny, “ although…”
Commonwealth v. Giordano, 25 Mass. L. Rptr. 4 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2008). “The court affirmed the defendant’s conviction in Novickbut only on the rationale that a specific statute (currently codified as G.L.c. 266, §§58 and 59) had been enacted that had the effect of taking thefts of “funds of benevolent and fraternal organizations by their fiscal or…”
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