Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 7 (2026)
Injury to building or vessel by persons unlawfully assembled
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Section 7. If any of the persons so unlawfully assembled demolishes, pulls down or destroys, or begins to demolish, pull down or destroy, a dwelling house or other building, or a ship or vessel, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars and imprisonment in jail for not more than two years, and shall also be liable in tort to any person for all damages sustained by him thereby.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2006–2006 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Spearin, 846 N.E.2d 390 (Mass. 2006).
Commonwealth v. Spearin, 846 N.E.2d 390 (Mass. 2006). “Based on the defendants’ conduct in an inmate uprising at the Bristol County house of correction on April 15, 2001, a jury in the Superior Court, after a joint trial, convicted the defendant Randall Spearin, as a joint venturer, of building destruction while unlawfully…”
Commonwealth v. Abramms, 849 N.E.2d 867 (Mass. App. Ct. 2006). “Spearin, supra at 603-606 , determined that an inmate of a house of correction could not be convicted as a joint venturer of destruction of a building while unlawfully assembled, G. L. c. 269, § 7, because G. L. c. 269, §§ 1 and 7, did not apply to conduct occurring in a…”
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