Section 131. Whoever is discovered in the act of wilfully injuring a fruit or forest tree or of committing any kind of malicious mischief on Sunday may be arrested without a warrant by a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer or other person, and detained in jail or otherwise until a complaint can be made against him for the offence, and he be taken upon a warrant issued upon such complaint; but such detention without warrant shall not continue beyond the following day.

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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 266 sec. 131

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.