Writ of Habeas Corpus Number 1193. Bail Hearing [Part 2], January 1964

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Court transcription documenting the continuation of a bail hearing for Jack Ruby, including the examination of several witnesses and statements by the attorneys January 20-21, 1964. Index to witnesses and exhibits is at the start of the document.

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Muleady, James J. January 1964.

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Court transcription documenting the continuation of a bail hearing for Jack Ruby, including the examination of several witnesses and statements by the attorneys January 20-21, 1964. Index to witnesses and exhibits is at the start of the document.

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292 p. ; 28 cm.

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"In the Criminal District Court No. 3, of Dallas County, Texas. January Term, A. D. 1964."

Handwritten note on left side of cover: "Extra copy - for J. J. Muleady."

Additional description and context: Transcript of The State of Texas vs. Jack Rubenstein alias Jack Ruby, Writ of Habeas Corpus No. 1193, Volume 2.

Melvin Belli, Joe Tonahill, Phil Burleson, Tom Howard and others spoke for Ruby; Henry Wade, Dallas County District Attorney, was the prosecutor, assisted by Jim Bowie and Bill Alexander. The presiding judge was Judge Joe B. Brown.

The following appeared as witnesses: Roy Schafer, Walter Bromberg, Jesse E. Curry, John T. Holbrook, C. Ray Hall, L. C. Graves, B. H. Combest, W. F. Alexander, Hillel E. Silverman, Jack Revill and Glenn D. King. At the conclusion, Tom Howard withdraws Ruby's application for a writ of habeas corpus - it had originally been submitted so Ruby could seek psychiatric assessment, but since the judge had assigned an unbiased doctor to assess Ruby the need for it no longer existed. The judge remanded Ruby back to the custody of Dallas County Sheriff Bill Decker.

The cover does not refer to "volume 2" in the title, but the first proceeding of the court on pages 1 - 2 is to remind participants that the first part of the hearing was held December 23, 1963, and that the court has been recessed since then.

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Muleady, James J. Writ of Habeas Corpus Number 1193. Bail Hearing [Part 2], January 1964, legal document, January 1964; Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1117886/: accessed May 26, 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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