Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 62 (2026)

Third conviction of being a common nightwalker

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Section 62. If a complaint charges a person with being a common nightwalker, and it is proved at the trial that such person has been twice before convicted of the same offence, such person may be sentenced to the house of correction for not more than two and one half years or if a male, to the Massachusetts reformatory, or if a female, to the reformatory for women.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1932–2018 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Brown, 112 N.E.3d 264 (Mass. 2018).

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Commonwealth v. Brown, 112 N.E.3d 264 (Mass. 2018). “Patronizing a prostitute is punishable by a $5,000 maximum fine or a maximum sentence of two and one-half years, G.”

Morrill v. Crawford, 179 N.E. 609 (Mass. 1932). “586, 587-588 ), in its natural sense impute to the plaintiff the commission of the criminal offence of being a common nightwalker (G. L. c. 272, § 62), or any other crime. See G.”

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