Section 1 – Felonies and Misdemeanors

Section 1. A crime punishable by death or imprisonment in the state prison is a felony. All other crimes are misdemeanors.

Section 2 – Aiders; Accessories Before Fact; Punishment

Section 2. Whoever aids in the commission of a felony, or is accessory thereto before the fact by counselling, hiring or otherwise procuring such felony to be committed, shall be punished in the manner provided for the punishment of the principal felon.

Section 3 – Counselling or Procuring Felony; Prosecution as Accessory Before Fact or Principal; Punishment; Venue

Section 3. Whoever counsels, hires or otherwise procures a felony to be committed may be indicted and convicted as an accessory before the fact, either with the principal felon or after his conviction; or may be indicted and convicted of the substantive felony, whether the principal felon has or has not been convicted, or is […]

Section 4 – Accessories After Fact; Punishment; Relationship as Defence; Cross-Examination; Impeachment

Section 4. Whoever, after the commission of a felony, harbors, conceals, maintains or assists the principal felon or accessory before the fact, or gives such offender any other aid, knowing that he has committed a felony or has been accessory thereto before the fact, with intent that he shall avoid or escape detention, arrest, trial […]

Section 5 – Felon's Conviction or Amenability to Justice; Venue

Section 5. An accessory to a felony after the fact may be indicted, convicted and punished, whether the principal felon has or has not been previously convicted, or is or is not amenable to justice, either in the county where he became an accessory or in the county where the principal felony was committed.

Section 6 – Attempts to Commit Crimes; Punishment

Section 6. Whoever attempts to commit a crime by doing any act toward its commission, but fails in its perpetration, or is intercepted or prevented in its perpetration, shall, except as otherwise provided, be punished as follows: First, by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years, if he attempts to commit […]

Section 7 – Conspiracy; Penalties

Section 7. Any person who commits the crime of conspiracy shall be punished as follows: First, if the purpose of the conspiracy or any of the means for achieving the purpose of the conspiracy is a felony punishable by death or imprisonment for life, by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or […]

Section 8 – Solicitation, Counsel, Advice or Enticement of Crime; Penalties

Section 8. Whoever solicits, counsels, advises, or otherwise entices another to commit a crime that may be punished by imprisonment in the state prison, with the intent that the person, in fact, commit or procure the commitment of such crime shall, except as otherwise provided, be punished as follows: First, by imprisonment for not more […]