This reminds me of the story I heard about individual
Beatles being unwanted in either Canada or US and
consequently they had to meet in a building on the
border. Does anybody know the whole story and
veracity of it?

--- Bill Hanrahan <hanrahan@...> wrote:

> Dallen's recent great photos of the Derby Line/Rock
> Island area got me
> thinking about a recent episode of the TV program
> Law and Order which was
> broadcast here in the US a few weeks ago. In that
> episode, the bad guy
> crossed over the caus line and had to be extradited
> back to the U.S. after
> a hearing by a Canadian court. The end of the
> episode showed the RCMP
> transferring custody of the bad guy to U.S.
> authorities while inside a
> building plainly showing separate Canadian and
> American sections through
> which the criminal was transferred through a locked
> door into the
> U.S. There was even the requisite sign on the wall
> which stated something
> to the effect that "You are now entering the United
> States of
> America". Obviously,this was a TV show, but does
> anyone know of any such
> "custodial transfer" facilities on the border? I'm
> sure in real life it's
> more of a case where the U.S. authorities seeking
> the criminal would
> actually travel to Canada to obtain physical custody
> after approval was
> issued by the Crown. In any event, this was a rare
> TV treat for a border
> freak!
>
> Bill
>
>

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