AN ADVERTISING SCHEME.
CHANCE OR SKILL ?
CHARGE AGAINST SHOPKEEPER
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Attracted by the prospect of obtaining a free pair of boots, ot perhaps being merely curious, hundreds of people thronged Willis Street recently in front of Percy L. Brady's boot shop. The result was the prosecution of Brady today for causing an obstruction and for having disposed of boots by chance. The police said that defendant had apparently conceived the idea of disposing l af boots as a means of advertising and popularising his shop. He did not gain directly by giving them away, but indirectly as the result of his business growing in favour. Certain boxes were thrown, each containing one boot, and a person getting this could get the fellow by going into the shop. He had been warned not to gq on with the scheme when the notice appeared in the window, but had persisted. Evidence was then tendered with the object of showing that the catching of the boots was a matter of chance, also that the traffic was obstructed. The defence was that it was a matter of skill to catch a box, and not chance. Decision was reserved- ■ »
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 252, 23 October 1926, Page 11
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199AN ADVERTISING SCHEME. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 252, 23 October 1926, Page 11
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