c. 268, § 25
Refusal or neglect to obey order of justice of the peace to apprehend offender
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
Whoever, being required by a justice of the peace, upon view of a breach of the peace or of any other offence proper for his cognizance, to apprehend the offender, refuses or neglects to obey such justice, shall be punished as provided in the preceding section; and no person to whom such justice is known or declares himself to be a justice of the peace shall plead any excuse on pretence of ignorance of his office.
Simplified explanation
Refusing or neglecting to obey a justice of the peace who requires you to apprehend an offender is punished as set in the preceding section; ignorance of the justice's office is no excuse.