Zeke loved to fish and did so at every opportunity he got and when ever he felt like it. He didn’t know anything about new fishing laws that were coming out, or if he did he didn’t care. Well, he got arrested for fishing out of season and had to go to court the following Friday. In the mean time he had run a hay hook through his hand and was at Doc Bryant’s getting it looked at. So he told Doc about having to go to court. Doc got an annoyed look on his face and told Zeke not to worry about it. (It seemed the local judge owed Doc a large sum on money and was way behind paying it back.)

When Zeke went to court the Judge listened to the arresting officer’s testimony, then firmly said "Case dismissed, and give back Zeke’s fishing gear." "By the way what did you do with the fish you took from Zeke?", he asked the officer. The officer replied, "Well I didn’t want them to go to waste, so we had them for supper." The officer was startled when the Judge said "That will be a thirty five dollar fine for eating fish out of season. Payable now in cash. Court is closed for today."