Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268 § 20

Current through Chapter 112 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 268:20 - Negligently suffering prisoner to escape; refusal to receive prisoner

A jailer or officer who, through negligence, suffers a prisoner in his custody upon conviction or upon a charge of crime to escape, or wilfully refuses to receive into his custody a prisoner lawfully directed to be committed thereto upon conviction, upon a charge or crime, or upon a lawful process, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268, § 20