Massachusetts Code § 278-7

Burden to prove license or admission to practice as attorney at law
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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.

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