/internal/media/dispatcher/66712/fullCourtroom sketch of prospective juror A.C. Phillips during Jack Ruby trial02/24/196414 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm)PaperChuck Fisher Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2004.020.00100Courtroom pencil sketch on paper from Jack Ruby murder trial by Charles Fisher, with captions in bottom and top right corners: "Jack Ruby murder trial/ Dallas Tex." (bottom) and "Phillips" (top). Signature: "C. Fisher" at bottom center of drawing.
Sketch shows Judge Brown in the middle, the witness behind the barrier (seated) at the right, and Melvin Belli (defense attorney), questioning the witness, on the left. Belli is looking at and facing the witness, with his right hand on his face. The witness and Judge are looking towards Belli. Judge Brown's left hand is also on his face. The witness' hands are clasped in front and resting on his lap. Judge Brown and the witness are both wearing glasses.
Charles "Chuck" Fisher was the art director at KRLD-TV in 1963. Fisher made the pencil sketches of the Jack Ruby Trial for KRLD-TV after the judge barred cameras from the courtroom.Art6405043.180086360235.560071120124997Courtroom sketchCourtroom pencil sketch on paper by Charles Fisher. The sketch shows defense attorney Melvin Belli questioning prospective juror Albert C. Phillips during the Jack Ruby trial on February 24, 1964. Belli has one hand raised so his chin rests in his hand. Phillips is wearing glasses and has his hands in his lap. The man in the background is Judge Joe B. Brown. The caption in the top right corner reads "Phillips," and the caption in the bottom right corner reads "Jack Ruby murder trial/ Dallas Tex."
The artist's signature "C. Fisher" is located at the bottom in the center of the drawing. Charles "Chuck" Fisher was the art director at KRLD-TV in 1963. Fisher made the pencil sketches during the trial of Jack Ruby for KRLD-TV after the judge barred cameras from the courtroom.AttorneyArtistJuryArtworkJack Ruby trialBrown, Judge Joe B.Belli, MelvinFisher, CharlesKRLD-TVDallasJury selection in the Jack Ruby trial took place between February 17 and March 3, 1964. During that two-week period, 162 prospective jurors were interviewed, which District Attorney Henry Wade informed the news media was not a Dallas County record. Of the 162 individuals interviewed for the Ruby trial, twelve were accepted, eighteen were challenged by the defense team, eleven were challenged by the prosecution, sixty-two were ruled out because they were against the death penalty, fifty-eight were ruled out because they held fixed opinions on the case, and one was excused due to illness. -- Stephen Fagin, CuratorAlbert C. Phillips was the seventh of thirteen prospective jurors interviewed on Monday, February 24, 1964. Of those thirteen, only the first person interviewed that day, Mildred McCollum, was selected for the jury. Mr. Phillips was rejected because he admitted that he had already formed an opinion about Jack Ruby's guilt or innocence and that "[i]t would take evidence to remove" or change that opinion. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator