The ballroom murder : the dancefloor shooting that shocked Australia / Murder Perth (W.A.)
Straw, Leigh S. L.,
The ballroom murder : the dancefloor shooting that shocked Australia / Leigh Straw. - 178 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
In August 1925, Audrey Jacob shot dead her former fiancé, Cyril Gidley, in full view of hundreds of guests at a charity ball in Perth's Government House. When she was arrested, she still held the gun in her hand. It was an open-and-shut case of wilful murder - that is until lawyer Arthur Haynes took the case with a unique defence. His ability to play both the press and the jury for sympathy led to an extraordinary outcome.
9781760990572
Murder--Investigation--Western Australia.
Murder--Investigation--Australia.
Perth (W.A.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
True crime stories.
The ballroom murder : the dancefloor shooting that shocked Australia / Leigh Straw. - 178 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
In August 1925, Audrey Jacob shot dead her former fiancé, Cyril Gidley, in full view of hundreds of guests at a charity ball in Perth's Government House. When she was arrested, she still held the gun in her hand. It was an open-and-shut case of wilful murder - that is until lawyer Arthur Haynes took the case with a unique defence. His ability to play both the press and the jury for sympathy led to an extraordinary outcome.
9781760990572
Murder--Investigation--Western Australia.
Murder--Investigation--Australia.
Perth (W.A.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
True crime stories.