TY  - BOOK
AU  - Straw,Leigh S.L.
TI  - The ballroom murder: the dancefloor shooting that shocked Australia 
SN  - 9781760990572
PY  - 2022///
CY  - North Fremantle, Western Australia
PB  - Fremantle Press
KW  - Murder
KW  - Investigation
KW  - Western Australia
KW  - Australia
KW  - Perth (W.A.)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 20th century
KW  - True crime stories
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - 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
ER  -