Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, § 19: Duty to forward notices of appeal, etc., to attorney general

Section 19. The clerks shall cause one or more copies of all notices of appeal, orders for the report of cases, and bills of exceptions in criminal matters which may be filed or allowed in cases in which the attorney general appears for the commonwealth to be printed and forwarded to him at Boston as soon as may be after they have been filed or allowed.