Massachusetts Statutes

§ 79 — Application of annexed forms; schedule

Massachusetts·Part IV CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES·Title II PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES·Ch. 277 INDICTMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL
Section 79. The provisions of this chapter, and the forms hereto annexed, shall apply as well to complaints as to indictments, and such forms shall be sufficient in cases to which they are applicable. In other cases, forms as nearly like the forms hereto annexed as the nature of the cases and the provisions of law will allow may be used; but any other form of indictment or complaint authorized by law may be used.SCHEDULE OF FORMS OF PLEADINGS.Caption and Commencement of Indictment.COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.(Suffolk,) to wit:At the Superior Court holden at (Boston,) within and for the County of (Suffolk,) for the transaction of criminal business, on the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand, etc.The jurors for the said Commonwealth on their oath presentCaption and Commence

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