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Well, Frank, I'll tell you why my response is not a bit harsh. The original poster admits he did not have the owner's permission to be there. My inference, therefore, is he never tried to obtain it. He did not obtain the owner's permission to dig holes and apparently leave them unfilled, creating a walking hazard for others. He admits stealing property belonging to the owner in the form of artifacts. We do not yet know if they were acts of petty or grand theft as no value has been ascertained.
He claims he has made an offer of restitution, but he does not say to whom. I infer it is not the owner as I have the impression the poster still does not even know who the owner is. He claims the offer was declined, but again, not by whom.
The original poster admits to having 9 warrants of arrest in two counties; from which I infer the poster does not take care of any matter in a business like manner. Traffic tickets do not go to warrant unless there was no appearance at arraignment.
The poster then asks the forum a question about jeopard or liability of damages vis-a-vis the state without informing us what kind of complaint the state has served him with. I cannot tell if he was charged with criminal trespass or not from the information provided.
The poster then attaches some information from Black's Law Dictionary, from which I infer he is able to, at a minimum, do some legal research.
But it his second post which confirms the stance I first took. He claims he can't find the information for himself.
He wants us to do it for him. The person who can find information in Black's cannot Google, for example, 'Texas Tresspass Law' just to see what comes up. I found legal and non-legal explanations, as well as a referral to the Texas Penal Code; 30:05 in about one-tenth of a second after typing in the phrase. I did not try for the Texas Statutes, but I am reasonably sure they are there.
The poster then rationalizes his behavior by stating the land was going to be changed at some date in the future, so what's the harm.
I assume the questions you posted are for him and not me, as it should be obvious since the poster did not provide the information I would not be able to answer your questions.
I can offer this, as I have driven the I-40 corridor at least six times; driven from Amarillo to Dallas through Wichita Falls; driven from Dallas to El Paso on I-20 and I10; driven from Tulsa to Dallas on both US 75 and US69/75; spent three weeks (or a lifetime) in Midland; spent several week in and around Dallas; and flew to Houston once for several weeks. There is not much private property in those areas of Texas which are not properly fenced or marked on trees to notify against trespass. The posters remonstrations to invitation, to me, are unavailing.
Your suggestion to pay the property taxes is most probably absurd on two levels. The responsible property owner is, I am relatively certain, current on his obligations. The poster has demonstrably indicated his inalbility to follow your suggestion due to a surfeit of a lack of jack.
I then assume, in summation, you are rationalizing his behavior by equating it favorably with the behavior of lesser animals. Perhaps that is how your world works.
You are definetly the one to help him.
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