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Cause Number E. 4010-J. Jury Trial: Volume 7, March 1964

One of 39 items in the series: Jack Ruby Trial Transcripts at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza available on this site.

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Seventh volume of court transcription documenting the trial in the case of Texas v. Jack Ruby. The proceedings include examination of several witnesses, submissions of evidence, and statements by the attorneys on March 12, 1964. Index to witnesses, exhibits, and other information is at the start of the document.

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1387A-1668 p. ; 28 cm.

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Muleady, James J. & Stinebaugh, Shirley M. March 1964.

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This legal document is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2016 and was provided by the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 83 times. More information about this document can be viewed below.

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Seventh volume of court transcription documenting the trial in the case of Texas v. Jack Ruby. The proceedings include examination of several witnesses, submissions of evidence, and statements by the attorneys on March 12, 1964. Index to witnesses, exhibits, and other information is at the start of the document.

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1387A-1668 p. ; 28 cm.

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"No. E. 4010-J in the Criminal District Court No. 3, of Dallas County, Texas. January Term, A. D. 1964."

On cover: "(Copy)"

At bottom of pages: "Copyright (c) 1964. Shirley M. Stinebaugh-James Muleady. Dallas, Texas."

Additional description and context: Transcript of the State vs. Jack Ruby: Statement of Facts: Jury Trial, Volume 7.

Melvin Belli, Joe Tonahill and Phil Burleson represented the defendant, Jack Ruby; Henry Wade, Dallas County District Attorney, was the prosecutor, assisted by Jim Bowie, Bill Alexander and Frank Watts. The presiding judge was Judge Joe B. Brown.

The witnesses who appeared on this day of the trial were Dr. Walter Bromberg, Hillel E. Silverman, Curtis L. Craford, Sam Pate, Kenneth Dowe, Arnold C. Gadash, Frank Bellocchio, Ingrid Carter, T. R. Apple, Stanley Kaufman, Herman Ulevitch, Dr. Coleman Jacobson, Russell Moore, Dr. Robert Schwab, Dr. Francis M. Forrester, Dr. Roland McKay, Alice Nichols and Dr. Frederic Gibbs.

After testimony from Jack Ruby's rabbi, Hillel Silverman, and from Arnold Gadash, a printer who discussed the anti-Kennedy ad that ran in the newspaper the day of the assassination, among many others, both the State and the Defense rested.

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza also publishes this record online: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/5511

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Muleady, James J. & Stinebaugh, Shirley M. Cause Number E. 4010-J. Jury Trial: Volume 7, March 1964, legal document, March 1964; Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1117884/: accessed May 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.

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