Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268, § 23 (2026)
Refusal or delay to execute process resulting in escape
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Section 23. An officer who, being authorized to serve process, wilfully and corruptly refuses to execute a lawful process directed to him and requiring him to apprehend or confine a person convicted of or charged with crime, or wilfully and corruptly omits or delays to execute such process, whereby such person escapes, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1995–1995 · leading case: Wall v. Guinasso, 3 Mass. L. Rptr. 403 (Mass. Super. Ct. 1995).
Wall v. Guinasso, 3 Mass. L. Rptr. 403 (Mass. Super. Ct. 1995). “G.L.c. 268, §23(b)(3). The City Council’s assertion suggests that G.”
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268, § 23(b)(3): 1 case
Wall v. Guinasso, 3 Mass. L. Rptr. 403 (Mass. Super. Ct. 1995). “G.L.c. 268, §23(b)(3). The City Council’s assertion suggests that G.”
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