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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part IV CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
  3. Title II PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
  4. Chapter 278 TRIALS AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE JUDGMENT
  5. Section 7 Burden to prove license or admission to practice as attorney at law

Section 7

Section 7: Burden to prove license or admission to practice as attorney at law

Section 7. A defendant in a criminal prosecution, relying for his justification upon a license, appointment, admission to practice as an attorney at law, or authority, shall prove the same; and, until so proved, the presumption shall be that he is not so authorized.