Section 48 - Stolen Goods; Duty of Arresting Officers to Secure

MA Gen L ch 266 § 48 (2019) (N/A)
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Section 48. An officer who arrests a person charged as principal or accessory in a robbery or larceny shall secure the property which is alleged to have been stolen, annex a schedule thereof to his return and be answerable for the same; and, upon conviction of the offender, it shall be restored to the owner.