The "smirk"

[Charles Collins]

That indeed certainly appears to be hard evidence...of Oswald possibly taking the bus home. So what?
 If this happened..catching a bus is no crime. Also--- it seems like the cops caught up with the bus driver in the same record time that they arrested Oswald. He signed [or was told to] the [dated] transfer. Why?  Something doesn't smell right about all that.

So what?

It accounts for his whereabouts at that point in time.

Why?

His punch mark was standard operating procedure. The transfers are also numbered. This is how they kept track of who issued the transfers, and where, and for how long they were good for.

[Bill Chapman]

How did they know to do this? How did they know that Oswald was on that bus...that transfer ticket? Come on :-\A smirk is 'hard evidence'?

Hard evidence that he had a smirk

[Jerry Freeman]

So what?
It accounts for his whereabouts at that point in time.
Why?His punch mark was standard operating procedure. The transfers are also numbered. This is how they kept track of who issued the transfers, and where, and for how long they were good for.

his whereabouts at that point in time?. According to the time punch ...

Mr. McWatters. Well, they told me that they had a transfer that I had issued that was cut for Lamar Street at 1:00, and they wanted to know if I knew anything about it. And after I looked at the transfer and my punch, I said yes, that is the transfer I issued because it had my punch mark on it.
Mr. Ball. Did your punch mark have a distinctive mark?
Mr. McWatters. It had a distinctive mark and it is registered, in other words, all the drivers, every driver has a different punch mark.

Oswald left the bus at 1:00? 1:00PM?   Of course that couldn't be right could it? That blows the "whereabouts at that point in time" into lala land huh? Evidence that he was on the bus doesn't prove that Oswald shot anybody so it is moot. It seems like the cops located the bus driver and then asked him if that transfer was his Makes no sense.
Why didn't the cops ever locate the bus driver or drivers who took him downtown and home from work on a daily basis? They might have had some useful information.

[Charles Collins]

his whereabouts at that point in time?. According to the time punch ... Oswald left the bus at 1:00? 1:00PM?   Of course that couldn't be right could it? That blows the "whereabouts at that point in time" into lala land huh? Evidence that he was on the bus doesn't prove that Oswald shot anybody so it is moot. It seems like the cops located the bus driver and then asked him if that transfer was his Makes no sense.
Why didn't the cops ever locate the bus driver or drivers who took him downtown and home from work on a daily basis? They might have had some useful information.

The 1:00 PM isn’t the time he left the bus. The transfers are only good for a limited time and a specific route.

Evidence of his whereabouts makes it difficult to claim that he was somewhere else. It also gives clues as to when he left the TSBD, and where he might have been headed when he encountered Tippits, etc.

[Jerry Freeman]

The 1:00 PM isn’t the time he left the bus. The transfers are only good for a limited time and a specific route.

I had read that before and forgot about it. A transfer that is only good for 15 minutes or so seems rather worthless. It would seem that Oswald would have tossed it away.

Evidence of his whereabouts makes it difficult to claim that he was somewhere else.

I wouldn't know where else he could have claimed to be and it still remains moot.

[Charles Collins]

I had read that before and forgot about it. A transfer that is only good for 15 minutes or so seems rather worthless. It would seem that Oswald would have tossed it away.  I wouldn't know where else he could have claimed to be and it still remains moot.

I believe it was within 15-minutes of the 1:00 expiration time. LHO admitted being on the bus. But some nutty CTs have tried to claim that he hopped into a station wagon, etc.

[Jerry Freeman]

I believe it was within 15-minutes of the 1:00 expiration time. LHO admitted being on the bus. But some nutty CTs have tried to claim that he hopped into a station wagon, etc.

Quite probable that someone who looked very much like Oswald got into this car....re: A report from a deputy sheriff who had no particular reason to make something like that up. The claim that it was indeed Oswald might be 'nutty' but this forum is chocked full of some nutty ideas found in the Warren Report. Maybe this station wagon 'Oswald' had the same peculiar smirk.