T31 Transcript of the State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby, Hearing on Sanity Motion
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T31 Transcript of the State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby, Hearing on Sanity Motion
Transcript of The State of Texas vs. Jack Rubenstein alias Jack Ruby, Hearing on Sanity Motion. Phil Burleson and Joe Tonahill spoke for Jack Ruby; Jim Bowie, Bill Alexander, and Frank Watts represented the state.Defense attorneys Phil Burleson and Joe Tonahill filed a motion to remove from the defense team some lawyers who were sitting at the defense table at the behest of Ruby's family, not Ruby himself. The Court heard arguments against Sol Dann, Elmer Gertz and representatives of the firm Kunstler, Kunstler and Kinoy. The Court appointed Burleson and Tonahill to defend Ruby, although no motion was made, and no one had appointed the Court to act for Ruby in that manner. The sanity hearing was set for March 29, 1965.Retains its original blue card covers; typed 16 pages of sturdy onionskin paper. Text on the cover reads:"Number E 4010 JEx Parte Jack RubyIn the Criminal District Court No. 3Dallas County, TexasHearing on Sanity MotionTaken 8 March, 1965"The last page is signed by court reporter L. B. Bailey, Jr.
T31 Transcript of the State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby, Hearing on Sanity Motion
03/08/1965
Jack Ruby trial
Transcripts
Hearing
Court records
Mental health
Trials
Legal motion
Brown, Judge Joe B.
Alexander, William F.
Bowie, Jim
Watts, Frank
Bailey, L. B., Jr.
Ruby, Jack
Dann, Sol
Gertz, Elmer
Ruby Family
Tonahill, Joe H.
Burleson, Phil
Dallas County Criminal Courts Building
Criminal District Court No. 3
Dallas County District Attorney's Office
State of Texas
Dallas
Paper, Metal
11 5/16 × 8 3/4 × 7/16 in. (28.7 × 22.2 × 1.1 cm)
Dallas County District Clerk Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1994.002.0010.0009
The sanity hearing mentioned as being set in this transcript for March 1965 was not held until June 1966. This was due in large part to a variety of other legal motions filed by the defense and hearings that needed to be held first. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections
The Museum recorded oral histories with Ruby defense attorneys Joe Tonahill and Phil Burleson. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Ruby attorney Elmer Gertz was a Chicago lawyer, law professor and civil rights activist. In 1968, he wrote Moment of Madness: The People vs. Jack Ruby, which focused on the legal maneuverings of the court and diverse array of attorneys that participated in the Ruby Trial. This book is available in the Museum's Reading Room by appointment. - Krishna Shenoy, Librarian/Archivist
T31 Transcript of the State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby, Hearing on Sanity Motion
Transcript of The State of Texas vs. Jack Rubenstein alias Jack Ruby, Hearing on Sanity Motion. Phil Burleson and Joe Tonahill spoke for Jack Ruby; Jim Bowie, Bill Alexander, and Frank Watts represented the state.Defense attorneys Phil Burleson and Joe Tonahill filed a motion to remove from the defense team some lawyers who were sitting at the defense table at the behest of Ruby's family, not Ruby himself. The Court heard arguments against Sol Dann, Elmer Gertz and representatives of the firm Kunstler, Kunstler and Kinoy. The Court appointed Burleson and Tonahill to defend Ruby, although no motion was made, and no one had appointed the Court to act for Ruby in that manner. The sanity hearing was set for March 29, 1965.Retains its original blue card covers; typed 16 pages of sturdy onionskin paper. Text on the cover reads:"Number E 4010 JEx Parte Jack RubyIn the Criminal District Court No. 3Dallas County, TexasHearing on Sanity MotionTaken 8 March, 1965"The last page is signed by court reporter L. B. Bailey, Jr.
T31 Transcript of the State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby, Hearing on Sanity Motion
03/08/1965
Jack Ruby trial
Transcripts
Hearing
Court records
Mental health
Trials
Legal motion
Brown, Judge Joe B.
Alexander, William F.
Bowie, Jim
Watts, Frank
Bailey, L. B., Jr.
Ruby, Jack
Dann, Sol
Gertz, Elmer
Ruby Family
Tonahill, Joe H.
Burleson, Phil
Dallas County Criminal Courts Building
Criminal District Court No. 3
Dallas County District Attorney's Office
State of Texas
Dallas
Paper, Metal
11 5/16 × 8 3/4 × 7/16 in. (28.7 × 22.2 × 1.1 cm)
Dallas County District Clerk Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1994.002.0010.0009
The sanity hearing mentioned as being set in this transcript for March 1965 was not held until June 1966. This was due in large part to a variety of other legal motions filed by the defense and hearings that needed to be held first. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections
The Museum recorded oral histories with Ruby defense attorneys Joe Tonahill and Phil Burleson. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Ruby attorney Elmer Gertz was a Chicago lawyer, law professor and civil rights activist. In 1968, he wrote Moment of Madness: The People vs. Jack Ruby, which focused on the legal maneuverings of the court and diverse array of attorneys that participated in the Ruby Trial. This book is available in the Museum's Reading Room by appointment. - Krishna Shenoy, Librarian/Archivist
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