The sheriff eventually tracks them down and kidnaps them while they are sleeping. For their crimes (and Homer's foolish attempt at defending himself in court), the family is put into forced labor. One night when they are working at a party held by a judge in front of the capitol, tending to the guests (and failing to escape), Captain Jack strolls out of the capitol's doors, revealing that he was never killed, but was simply knocked out. The family is acquitted, though they are banned from entering the state of Florida again (leaving them only able to travel to Arizona or North Dakota).