Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables and police officers shall take any such vagabond into custody without a warrant and shall, within twenty-four hours after such arrest, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, take him before a district court, and shall make complaint against him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 69
Vagabonds; arrest without warrant; taking before court; complaint
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