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Renaissance Festival Legal Dilemna
by Polk Shelton

Here is a true tale about one of my long ago clients where the Renaissance Festival was a relevant issue in the case.

Once upon a time, there was a 60th bachelor who lived in the Bull Creek Boulevard neighborhood of North Austin. He had an insatiable craving for the fermented nectar of the grape and all things alcoholic. He had overindulged to such an extent that he had become delusional or so his lawyer thought. The client claimed to have seen aborigines and knights in armor in his neighbors yard. Where upon he got his shotgun and fired several blasts whilst standing in his doorway in the nude. The neighbor was quite taken aback by this antisocial behavior and summoned the local police. The elderly gentleman was indicted for attempted murder with a firearm. The case was tried to a jury.

During the investigation of the case, the attorney determined that his client was not delusional. The neighbor was preparing for the Renaissance Fest and was, in fact, dressed in Medieval Knights armor and walking about in the yard. The jury returned a not guilty verdict. Luckily nobody was hurt. The client has since been promoted to glory and I assume the Knight in shining armor is still enjoying Renaissance Fest--though I do not know for certain if any of the bunch lived happily ever after. There is a lots more stuff that the old man did which was truly mondo bazaaro but I will leave that for my memoirs. I am just thankful he wasn't my neighbor.