{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"41842"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection/Estate of Melvin Belli"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Transcript of The State of Texas vs. Jack Rubenstein alias Jack Ruby, Statement of Facts, Examination of Prospective Jurors, Volume 3. \r\n\r\nMelvin Belli, Joe Tonahill, Phil Burleson and Sam Brody spoke for 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\nProspective jurors examined: Maude Ford, Margie N. Ackles, J. P. Carr, E. G. Boyd, Mrs. H. H. Walne, A. B. Catlett, L. E. McBride, Max E. Causey, J. L. Williford, Edna M. Day, James Clyde Crum, M. C. Blount, Edward C. Jung and Bill Bohannan.  \r\n\r\nMax Causey was selected to the jury.\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 retains original thick gray covers; pages are numbered 522 - 781, typed on thin onionskin paper.  \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. \r\nJanuary Term, A. D. 1964.\r\n\r\nThe State of Texas\r\nvs.\r\nJack Rubenstein, alias Jack Ruby.\r\n\r\nStatement of Facts\r\nExamination of Prospective Jurors\r\n\r\nVolume Three\r\nFebruary 20, 1964 - Pages 522 - 781\r\n\r\nCopy\"\r\n\r\nPrinted at the bottom of the cover:  \r\n\r\n\"James J. Muleady\r\nOfficial Court Reporter\r\nPhone Davis 1-5882\r\nDallas, Texas\""},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"2010.027.0648"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Copy of Volume Three of the Ruby trial transcript, Statement of Facts, Examination of Prospective Jurors. The transcripts were bound with metal bindings that were removed during the cataloguing process (SD 08/01/2014). Transcript is pages 522 - 781, on thin onionskin paper and the front and back covers are thick gray paper. There is a handwritten number 8 circled in the top right corner of the front cover in pencil.\r\n\r\nMelvin Belli, Joe Tonahill, Phil Burleson, and Sam Brody spoke for 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\nProspective jurors examined: Maude Ford, Margie N. Ackles, J. P. Carr, E. G. Boyd, Mrs. H. H. Walne, A. B. Catlett, L. E. McBride, Max E. Causey, J. L. Williford, Edna M. Day, James Clyde Crum, M. C. Blount, Edward C. Jung, and Bill Bohannan.  \r\n\r\nMax Causey was selected to the jury.\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\nTyped text on the cover:\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\r\nExamination of Prospective Jurors\r\n\r\nVolume Three\r\nFebruary 20, [sic] - Pages 522 - 781\r\n\r\n(Copy)\"\r\n\r\nPrinted at the bottom of the cover:  \r\n\r\n\"James J. Muleady\r\nOfficial Court Reporter\r\nPhone Davis 1-5882\r\nDallas, Texas\"\r\n\r\nTranscript in ok condition. Onionskin pages are in better condition than front and reverse covers; many pages are yellowed. Covers are discolored and edges have tears and folds. Edges of three-hole punches have been worn with small tears. Vertical crease on front cover just to right of holes. (JM 11/20/2019)"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paper"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/58839/full","displayOrder":"1","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"58839"},{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/58871/full","displayOrder":"3","mediaType":"Document","mediaId":"58871"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"T08 Transcript of The State vs Ruby, Examination of Prospective Jurors, Volume 3"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Documents"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/58839/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["2.8575057150"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Court records","Jack Ruby trial","Transcripts","Jury","Trials","Ruby, Jack","Brown, Judge Joe B.","Muleady, James J.","Belli, Melvin","Tonahill, Joe H.","Burleson, Phil","Wade, Henry M.","Alexander, William F.","Watts, Frank","Bowie, Jim","Brody, Samuel","Causey, Max","Stinebaugh, Shirley M.","Criminal District Court No. 3","Dallas County Criminal Courts Building","Dallas County District Attorney's Office","State of Texas","Dallas"]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Transcript"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"02/20/1964"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["21.9075438151"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["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. In addition, C. Keith Causey, son of the late jury foreman Max E. Causey, recorded an oral history with the Museum. - Stephen Fagin, Curator","In 2002, the family of the late Max E. Causey, jury foreman, donated his collection of trial-related papers to The Sixth Floor Museum (see 2002.051.0094 for his journal). This collection included correspondence, newspapers and clippings, a trial scrapbook, and most notably, copies of Mr. Causey's unpublished manuscript of his trial diary. Causey's nephew, journalism professor Dr. John Mark Dempsey, took his late uncle's diary and, combined with trial testimony and interviews with other jurors, published the book, The Jack Ruby Trial Revisited: The Diary of Jury Foreman Max Causey, in 2000. Dr. Dempsey, who later co-wrote Dallas broadcaster Eddie Barker's autobiography, donated his collection of audio oral histories with Ruby trial jurors to The Sixth Floor Museum in 2014. - Stephen Fagin, Curator"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"65246"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"11 3/16 × 8 5/8 × 1 1/8 in. (28.4 × 21.9 × 2.9 cm)"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["28.4163068326"]}}]}