Massachusetts Statutes

§ 5 — Duel; conviction or acquittal in foreign state; effect

Massachusetts·Part IV CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES·Title I CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS·Ch. 265 CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON

Section 5. A person indicted under either of the two preceding sections may plead a former conviction or acquittal of the same crime in any other state or country; and if his plea is admitted or established, it shall be a bar to all further proceedings against him for the same crime within this commonwealth.

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