On the east side of the Drammen River (Storelven) below Hellefoss are the farms Ullern, Kruke, Nordre Hobbelstad and Søndre Hobbelstad in this order. A long series of legal cases began here in the early 17th century and continued throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, and one can assume that there have been tense situations and episodes surrounding such legal cases.

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Fishing rights disputes

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In the court records for Eiker from July 8, 1650, we can read "Amund Wlderen had, by court order, cited Arne Haabelstad for slander and wanted to burn his Laxehus."

In 1658 things also get pretty violent. In a subsequent court story, Anders Schott testified that Arne Paulsen Hobbelstad and Niels Ulderen had several words together about "Sætt-fiskegarn og Liusterfiskende" after which Arne said: "What did you say? Niels replied: -You lied! Thereupon Arne had a long knife in his hand and with the handle struck him in the face with many blows. Thereupon Anders Schott got hold of him as if he were dead. Anders asked Arne to let go of the knife, to which Arne replied: "-No, not at all, but let go otherwise you will be hurt-.

Anders released Arne and passed to his grande Povell Amundsen.

The witness Povell Amundsen says that when he arrived, "Arne grabbed Niels Ulderen's wooden axe and hit Niels Ulderen with it, as many times as he could see, but he did not know how many times he hit him before he came in, so the blood of Niels Ulderen flowed from both his face and head." As if this were not enough, Arne managed to kick Niels Ulderen in the face and body and also hit him in the head with a candlestick before the others could calm him down."

Arne Paulsen Hobbelstad's frequent appearance in the court records indicated that he was more violent than most, and these incidents are probably not typical of the conditions surrounding salmon fishing.

But there was also trouble in 1725. Witness Kristen Olsen could tell that he asked Henning Fisker "-What was the commotion on the river, Henning replied that Erik Ulleren took Nils Hobbelstad and threw him into the river, because he was fishing in Jubet"

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