alleryStart learning →Smith v Hughes, on soliciting from balconies, applied which rule?
AThe literal rule
BEjusdem generis
CThe mischief rule
DNoscitur a sociis
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. The mischief rule
The court looked to the harassment the Act targeted, so balcony soliciting counted as in the street.
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