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(crimes
against
prop
ert
y)
Section
49.
Burglarious
instruments;
making;
p ossession;
use.
Who ever
mak
es
or
mends,
or
b egins
to
mak
e
or
mend,
or
kno
wingly
has
in
his
p ossession,
an
engine,
machine,
to ol
or
implement
adapted
and
designed
for
cutting
through,
forcing
or
breaking
op
en
a
building,
ro
om,
v
ault,
safe
or
other
dep ository
,
IN
ORDER
TO
STEAL
THEREFROM
money
or
other
prop erty
,
or
to
commit
an
y
other
crime,
knowing
the
same
to
b e
adapted
and
designed
for
the
purp ose
aforesaid,
WITH
INTENT
TO
USE
OR
EMPLO
Y
OR
ALLO
W
the
same
to
b e
used
or
employ
ed
for
such
purp ose,
or
who ever
kno
wingly
has
in
his
p ossession
a
master
key
designed
to
t
more
than
one
motor
vehicle,
WITH
INTENT,
TO
USE
OR
EMPLOY
THE
SAME
to
steal
a
motor
v
ehicle
or
other
prop erty
therefrom,
shall
b e
punished
by
imprisonment
in
the
state
prison
for
not
more
than
ten
y
ears
or
by
a
ne
of
not
more
than
one
thousand
dollars
and
imprisonment
in
jail
for
not
more
than
tw
o
and
one
half
y
ears.
Emphasis
added.
In
other
w
ords,
mere
p ossession
means
nothing.
If
they
stop
you
for
sp eeding
or
something,
and
nd
a
pick
set,
they
can't
do
m
uc
h.
On
the
other
hand,
if
they
catc
h
you
picking
the
lo
c
k
on
a
Monec
machine
they
get
to
draw
and
quarter
you.
States
with
similar
wording
include
ME,
NH,
NY.
One
place
that
DOES
NOT
ha
v
e
similar
wording,
and
do es
mak
e
p
ossession
illegal,
is
W
ashington,
DC.
These
are
the
only
other
places
I
ha
v
e
chec
k
ed.
I
would
imagine
that
most
states
are
similar
to
Massach
usetts,
but
I
w
ould
not
b et
anything
substantial
(say
,
more
than
a
slice
of
pizza)
on
it.
It
may
b e
a
go o
d
idea
to
carry
around
a
xeroxed
cop
y
of
the
appropriate
page
from
your
state's
criminal
co de.
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