Re: Overheard on the scanner

On 7 May 2008 23:49:23 -0400, "Keith F. Lynch"
<kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

><rkshullat@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Texas law is different in this case. For the separation fence I was
>> talking about (between two public areas) it wouldn't matter, but a
>> boundary fence is considered "effective notice" for the requirements
>> of a criminal trespass charge.
>
>How are you supposed to know which of the two properties it's between
>it's giving notice of?  It's often not possible for a casual observer
>to tell which side of a property line a fence is on.

Doesn't matter.  If you didn't cross a fence to get to where you
are, and there is a fence between you and where you want to go,
and it isn't public on the other side of that fence (which you
can't discover without going around it), you'd best not cross
that fence.
-- 
Doug Wickström
har fiol, vill resa