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List of jury pool for State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby trial

Six-page list of potential jurors for the State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby trial, printed in black ink on legal-size paper with many handwritten notes, markings, and information written in pencil next to each name.Each line of typed text on the form includes the name of the potential juror and their address including city if it is not Dallas. Beside each name in the "Cause" column are various marks, abbreviations, and comments. Some names listed on the first page have an "x" in the "Excused" column. The "State", "Deft.", and "Taken" columns have numbers on the same lines as a handful of names on each page. The chosen jurors' names and contact information are included in this six-page list, including "Max E. Causey", "Allen W. McCoy", "Mildred McCollum", "Luther E. Dickerson", "Douglas J. Sowell", "R. J. Flechtner", "Gwen L. English", "J. G. Holton Jr. [sic]", "James E. Cunningham" and "J. Waymon Rose". This object was originally part of the evidence collected by the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office and specifically prosecutors Henry Wade and Bill Alexander during the investigation leading up to the Jack Ruby trial for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald.

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List of jury pool for State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby trial

Date:

02/17/1964 - 03/03/1964

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Paper

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14 × 8 1/2 in. (35.6 × 21.6 cm)

Credit line:

Loaned Courtesy the Dallas County District Attorney's Office/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

L2017.1.68

Curatorial Note:

In order to ensure its long-term care and preservation and to facilitate public access, the Dallas County District Attorney's Office placed their Jack Ruby Trial Collection (sometimes referred to as "the DA's Jack Ruby file") on long-term loan with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2017. The Museum is working to make the entire collection accessible through this online collections database. To find out more about this collection or to access materials not yet included here, contact the Museum's Reading Room at readingroom@jfk.org. - Megan Bryant, Director of Collections & Interpretation

This item, along with materials from the DA's Ruby file (which is on loan to the Museum) and from the Museum's permanent collection, briefly appeared in a temporary display on the Museum's seventh floor in 2017. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections

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List of jury pool for State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby trial

Six-page list of potential jurors for the State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby trial, printed in black ink on legal-size paper with many handwritten notes, markings, and information written in pencil next to each name.Each line of typed text on the form includes the name of the potential juror and their address including city if it is not Dallas. Beside each name in the "Cause" column are various marks, abbreviations, and comments. Some names listed on the first page have an "x" in the "Excused" column. The "State", "Deft.", and "Taken" columns have numbers on the same lines as a handful of names on each page. The chosen jurors' names and contact information are included in this six-page list, including "Max E. Causey", "Allen W. McCoy", "Mildred McCollum", "Luther E. Dickerson", "Douglas J. Sowell", "R. J. Flechtner", "Gwen L. English", "J. G. Holton Jr. [sic]", "James E. Cunningham" and "J. Waymon Rose". This object was originally part of the evidence collected by the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office and specifically prosecutors Henry Wade and Bill Alexander during the investigation leading up to the Jack Ruby trial for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald.

Object Details
Object title:

List of jury pool for State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby trial

Date:

02/17/1964 - 03/03/1964

Terms:

Jack Ruby trial

DA's Ruby file

Jury

Ruby, Jack

Causey, Max

McCoy, Allen

McCollum, Mildred

Dickerson, Luther

Sowell, Douglas

Flechtner, Robert

English, Gwen

Cunningham, James E.

Holton, Glen

Rose, J. Waymon

Dallas County District Attorney's Office

Criminal District Court No. 3

Dallas

Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

14 × 8 1/2 in. (35.6 × 21.6 cm)

Credit line:

Loaned Courtesy the Dallas County District Attorney's Office/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

L2017.1.68

Curatorial Note:

In order to ensure its long-term care and preservation and to facilitate public access, the Dallas County District Attorney's Office placed their Jack Ruby Trial Collection (sometimes referred to as "the DA's Jack Ruby file") on long-term loan with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2017. The Museum is working to make the entire collection accessible through this online collections database. To find out more about this collection or to access materials not yet included here, contact the Museum's Reading Room at readingroom@jfk.org. - Megan Bryant, Director of Collections & Interpretation

This item, along with materials from the DA's Ruby file (which is on loan to the Museum) and from the Museum's permanent collection, briefly appeared in a temporary display on the Museum's seventh floor in 2017. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections