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Arthur Griffith c1954

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Arthur Griffith c1954

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[Truth (Brisbane), 14 Augusr 1954, p2 via Trove]

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Griffith, Arthur Barry

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Shirley Beiger

Shirley Beiger was a fashion model who shot and killed her lover, Arthur Griffith, outside Chequers Nightclub in 1954. She was tried for murder and acquitted. Her trial gained significant national media attention at the time.

Victims of crime

Griffith, Arthur Barry

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Bookmaker's clerk who was shot and killed by his girlfriend Shirley Beiger outside Chequers nightclub in the city in 1954.