{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"14919"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Judge Joe B. Brown, Jr. Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Transcript of the State vs. Jack Ruby: Statement of Facts: Jury Trial, Volume 8.\r\n\r\nMelvin 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.\r\n\r\nAt 8 p.m. on March 13, 1964, the Court's Charge was read to the jury and the closing statements began. All seven lawyers spoke, starting with one for the State, alternating with one for the Defense, and so on, until the final two speakers were Melvin Belli and Henry Wade, in that order. Closing statements were concluded at 1:10 a.m. on March 14, 1964. \r\n\r\nThe transcript does not include a recounting of what happened when the jury returned: the jury found Jack Ruby guilty of murder with malice and sentenced him to death.\r\n\r\nTranscribed by court reporters James J. Muleady and Shirley M. Stinebaugh as indicated in footnote on bottom of each page.\r\n\r\nTranscript is a photocopy consisting of 167 pages. (Unlike typed transcripts, this photocopy has text on the front and back of all pages; typed ones only have text on the front.)\r\n\r\nTyped text on the cover:\r\n\r\n\"No. E 4010-J \r\n\r\nIn The Criminal District Court No. 3, Of Dallas County, Texas.  January Term, A. D. 1964.\r\n\r\nThe State of Texas \r\nvs. \r\nJack Rubenstein \r\nAlias Jack Ruby\r\n\r\nStatement of Facts\r\nArgument Of State And Defense Counsel \r\nTo The Jury, After Reading Of Court's \r\nCharge To The Jury, Beginning At \r\n8:00 P. M. March 13, 1964 And Concluded \r\nAt 1:10 A. M. March 14, 1964. \r\n\r\n(Original). \r\n\r\nVolume Eight\"\r\n\r\nAt the bottom is a short printed statement:  \r\n\r\n\"James J. Muleady\r\nOfficial Court Reporter\r\n2nd Floor Record Bldg. Annex\r\nPhone Riverside 1-5624\r\nDallas, Texas\" \r\n\r\nAbove the box, \"3-7-9-0-0,\" was handwritten on the original document before it was photocopied. \r\n\r\nBelow the box, \"Filed 4:56 pm (time handwritten), Nov 20 1964, Bill Shaw, Dist. Clerk, Dallas Co., Texas, [handwritten signature] Deputy,\" was also stamped on the original document."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"2004.010.0157.0005"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Photocopy of transcript of The State of Texas vs. Jack Rubenstein alias Jack Ruby, Volume Eight. The transcript originally had a black plastic back, an opaque plastic cover and a metal binding that it was removed from in order to be digitized by UNT for the Portal to Texas History; returned to plastic holder once returned to TSFM. This transcript is a photocopy consisting of 167 pages (regular paper; text on backs and fronts of pages).\r\n\r\nMelvin 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.\r\n\r\nAt 8 p.m. on March 13, 1964, the Court's Charge was read to the jury and the closing statements began. All seven lawyers spoke, starting with one for the State, alternating with one for the Defense, and so on, until the final two speakers were Melvin Belli and Henry Wade, in that order. Closing statements were concluded at 1:10 a.m. on March 14, 1964. \r\n\r\nTranscribed by court reporters James J. Muleady and Shirley M. Stinebaugh as indicated in footnote on bottom of each page.\r\n\r\nOn the first page of the transcript is a box containing the text: \r\n\r\n\"No. E. 4010-J \r\n\r\nIn The Criminal District Court \r\nNo. 3, Of Dallas County, Texas.  \r\nJanuary Term, A. D. 1964.\r\n\r\nThe State of Texas \r\nvs. \r\nJack Rubenstein \r\nAlias Jack Ruby\r\n\r\nStatement of Facts [underlined]\r\nArgument Of State And Defense Counsel \r\nTo The Jury, After Reading Of Court's \r\nCharge To The Jury, Beginning At \r\n8:00 P. M. March 13, 1964 And Concluded \r\nAt 1:10 A. M. March 14, 1964. \r\n\r\n(Original)\r\n\r\nVolume Eight\"\r\n\r\nAt the bottom is a short printed statement:  \r\n\r\n\"James J. Muleady\r\nOfficial Court Reporter\r\n2nd Floor Record Bldg. Annex\r\nPhone Riverside 1-5624\r\nDallas, Texas\" \r\n\r\nAbove the box, \"3-7-9-0-0,\" was handwritten on the original document before it was photocopied. \r\n\r\nBelow the box the following was also stamped on the original document:\r\n\"FILED\r\n4:56 pm (time handwritten to the side)\r\nNov 20 1964\r\nBill Shaw\r\nDist. Clerk, Dallas Co., Texas\r\n[handwritten signature] Deputy\"\r\n\r\nTranscript in good condition. Edges of three-hole punches have been worn with small tears. Deep vertical crease on first few pages just to right of holes. (JM 11/21/2019)"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paper, Plastic, Metal"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/58834/full","displayOrder":"1","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"58834"},{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/58880/full","displayOrder":"3","mediaType":"Document","mediaId":"58880"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"T23 Transcript of the State vs. Ruby: Statement of Facts: Jury Trial, Volume 8"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Documents"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/58834/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["0.9525019050"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Transcripts","Court records","Trials","Jury","Jack Ruby trial","Muleady, James J.","Shaw, Bill","Alexander, William F.","Burleson, Phil","Watts, Frank","Bowie, Jim","Tonahill, Joe H.","Belli, Melvin","Wade, Henry M.","Brown, Judge Joe B.","Stinebaugh, Shirley M.","Ruby, Jack","Dallas County Criminal Courts Building","Dallas County District Attorney's Office","State of Texas","Criminal District Court No. 3","Dallas"]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Transcript"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"03/13/1964 - 03/14/1964"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["21.5900431801"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["Judge Joe B. Brown's charge to the jury and the defense and prosecution closing arguments ran past 1:00 in the morning on Saturday, March 14. That afternoon, after a deliberation of only two hours and nineteen minutes, the jury unanimously found Jack Ruby guilty of murder with malice and gave him the death penalty. That verdict was ultimately overturned by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on October 5, 1966. \r\nImmediately after the televised announcement of the verdict, as all decorum in the courtroom broke down amidst a frenzied rush of reporters and cameramen, defense attorneys Melvin Belli and Joe Tonahill expressed colorful opinions and angry criticism. From the Museum's KRLD-TV collection:\r\nBelli: \"I hope the people of Dallas are proud of this jury that was shoved down our throats\u2026. Every Texas jurist knows this thing was the greatest railroading kangaroo court disgrace in the history of American law\u2026. Why in a civilized country in the heart of darkest Africa you wouldn\u2019t argue a man\u2019s life starting at twelve o\u2019clock in the morning. When I think that we\u2019re coming into holy week and Good Friday, to have a sacrifice like this, I think we\u2019re back 2,000 years. And the blight that\u2019s on Dallas with those twelve people who announced the death penalty in this case, they\u2019ll make this a city of shame forevermore.\" \r\nJournalists then asked Texas native Tonahill his opinion. Tonahill pronounced: \"It's a violent miscarriage of justice. (pause) I'm about to throw up.\" - Stephen Fagin, Curator","The Museum recorded oral histories with the following individuals named in this document: defense attorneys Joe Tonahill and Phil Burleson and Dallas County D.A. Henry Wade. - Stephen Fagin, Curator","In September 2017, Judge Brandon Birmingham and criminal defense attorney/former Dallas County assistant district attorney Toby Shook participated in a public program at the Museum in which they discussed and reenacted  highlights of the Jack Ruby murder trial, including Belli and Tonanill's dramatic reactions to the guilty verdict. Titled \"The Assassin's Assassin: A Case Study of the Jack Ruby Trial,\" this program is available on the Museum's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx3i8nxv-XY&t=776s - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"64285"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"11 × 8 1/2 × 3/8 in. (27.9 × 21.6 × 1 cm)"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["27.9400558801"]}}]}