Tresspassers !!!!!

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Originally Posted by Angus

Interesting. Anything on the web about it?

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I have looked many times over years but came up with 0.

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Originally Posted by BDH

If they are carrying a gun.. they are not trespassers! They are now poachers as far as I am concerned! They are taking game illegally from my land whether it is in season or out.

Now which conviction would stick in court and which carries the heavier penalty?

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Those are rinky-dink provincial offences. Setting traps is a criminal code matter with significant civil liability -- liability your insurance company won't cover, as it is created by your deliberate, criminal act.

You can pretty much file setting traps of any kind under Ideas, Bad, Best Avoided.

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Originally Posted by yellow dog

I have looked many times over years but came up with 0.

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Which newspaper would it have been in?

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Originally Posted by yellow dog

Many years ago just outside of Milton Ontario my two cousins(brothers) and a friend fished a pond for many years that was on private property. Signs had been posted private property and no trespassing. They had never seen anyone over the years on the property and continued to ignore the signs and go fishing. The wealthy land owner happened to be patrolling his land and in the distance noticed my two cousin and the friend. The three trespassers my cousins and the friend also saw the land owner and decided it was best to leave and pack up. The land owner started shooting at them hitting my one cousin in the side while more bullets whizzed by the other two men head. They dragged my cousin to the car still alive and rushed him to the hospital where he died. The wealthy land owner got off with a slap on the wrist. Justice in its finest form and all true. I was 13 years old at the time and will never forget how Canadian law screwed over my entire family .

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It should be easy to find this story with a Yahoo! or Google search. In what year did this occur? I can't imagine a murder being committed without the press being all over it,especially in the area of the GeeTeeYay.

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Originally Posted by Angus

Which newspaper would it have been in?

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I checked a Milton Ontario newspaper called the Champion archive yesterday evening but couldn't find anything.

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Originally Posted by trimmer21

It should be easy to find this story with a Yahoo! or Google search. In what year did this occur? I can't imagine a murder being committed without the press being all over it,especially in the area of the GeeTeeYay.

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I was at a family get together yesterday afternoon and my older sister seems to think it happened in 1978 or 1979. PM sent with more info.

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Originally Posted by Angus

Which newspaper would it have been in?

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I just found the article in the the Canadian Champion archive May 14 1980 front page. The reason I couldn't find it was because my uncle changed the spelling of his last name when he immigrated.

I'd post signs on my property like this one...

Far more effective than lame old "NO TRESPASSING" notices...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...psa017p4nw.jpg

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Originally Posted by yellow dog

I just found the article in the the Canadian Champion archive May 14 1980 front page. The reason I couldn't find it was because my uncle changed the spelling of his last name when he immigrated.

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Thanks yellow dog. Holy crap what a farce ! Almost worse than a recent ruling where a bow hunter was murdered from 300 yards because the killer said he thought it was a deer !
I guess if you are the right person and say the right things trespassers are fair game ! :whacked:

This is a pdf of the trial results for the shooter. Very interesting.
http://images.ourontario.ca/Partners...547pf_0345.pdf

Oh yes and they made the shooter look like the victim in this case. If you were to hear my aunt and uncles version of what went on in the court room it would change your mind of the Canadian Justice system. Many people were upset in the community for years to come and came to the same conclusion. Reading those newspaper articles brought back a lot of bitter memories because of the outcome.