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Affidavit for search warrant of Jack Ruby's residence
Affidavit for search warrant of Jack Ruby's residence

Affidavit for search warrant of Jack Ruby's residence

Object numberL2017.1.151.2
Date11/24/1963 - 11/27/1963
ClassificationsDocuments
Creator Judge Joe B. Brown, Jr.
ObjectDocument
Credit LineLoaned Courtesy the Dallas County District Attorney's Office/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumPaper
Dimensions13 15/16 × 8 3/8 in. (35.4 × 21.3 cm)
Collections
DescriptionAffidavit for search warrant of Jack Ruby's residence requested by Dallas Police Department Homicide and Robbery Bureau detectives Gus Rose and Henry M. Moore and executed by Justice of the Peace Joe B. Brown, Jr. The search warrant is on legal-sized paper. The text on the front of the warrant is as follows: "/I [sic] We, G. F. Rose and H. M. Moore, do solemnly swear that a certain place in Dallas County, Texas, described as a private residence, being apartment number 207 at 223 South Ewing Street in the City of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas and being the premises under the control and in charge of Jack Leon Ruby and parties unknown is a place where implements are kept for the purpose of aiding in the commission of an offense as defined by the Penal Code of the State of Texas, to-wit: murder of Lee Harvey Oswald on the 24th, day of November, 1963 Wherefore I ask that a warrant to search the above-described place be forthwith issued in accordance with the law in such cases provided. G. F. Rose [typed, and signature in blue ink above dotted line] H. M. Moore [typed, and signature in blue ink above dotted line] Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 24th day of November, A. D. 1963 Joe B. Brown, Jr. [typed and signature in blue ink above dotted line] Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 7 Dallas County, Texas." The text on the reverse of the warrant is as follows: "No. 163 The State of Texas vs. Jack Leon Ruby 223 So. Ewing, Apt. 207 [102 was scratched out and initialed by JBB Jr.] Affidavit For Search Warrant Filed This the ..................... day of ........................................ A. D. 19...... Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. ...................... Dallas County, Texas. [stamped in blue ink upside down from the form on the warrant] FILED '63 NOV 27 AM 9:15 J.P. COURT PCT. 7 - PL. 2" 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.
Curatorial Commentary
This search warrant for Jack Ruby's apartment was signed by Dallas Justice of the Peace Joe B. Brown, Jr. His father, Judge Joe B. Brown, was later assigned to preside over the Jack Ruby trial. Judge Brown, Sr. passed away in 1968, just four years after gaining international attention at the Ruby trial. His son, who was elected judge of the 95th Judicial District Court in Dallas in 1988 (serving until 1996), passed away in 2013. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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