Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277 § 61

Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 277:61 - Crime committed at sea, etc., resulting in death in county

If a mortal wound is given, or if other violence or injury is inflicted, or if poison is administered, on the high seas or on land either within or without the commonwealth, by means whereof death ensues in any county thereof, the homicide may be prosecuted and punished in the county where the death happens.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 61