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GOLFER TOLLEY IS SHOWN WITH CHOCOLATE £I,OOO DAMAGES AWARDED (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 11 a.m. LONDON, Monday. The King’s Bench 5 awarded C. J. Tolley, the amateur golf champion, £I,OOO damages for libel against Fry and Sons, chocolate manufacturers, for publishing ail advertisement in 64 newspapers, consisting of a limerick and a caricature, showing Tolley driving with chocolate in his pocket. The plaintiff complained that the advertisement suggested he was making money out of golf. He was extremely jealous of his amateur status. A stay of execution was granted on the ground that the damages were excessive.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 716, 16 July 1929, Page 11
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