T31 Transcript of the State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby, Hearing on Sanity Motion
Object number1994.002.0010.0009
Date03/08/1965
ClassificationsDocuments
ObjectTranscript
Credit LineDallas County District Clerk Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumPaper, Metal
Dimensions11 5/16 × 8 3/4 × 7/16 in. (28.7 × 22.2 × 1.1 cm)
Terms
- 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
DescriptionTranscript 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 J
Ex Parte Jack Ruby
In the Criminal District Court
No. 3
Dallas County, Texas
Hearing on Sanity
Motion
Taken 8 March, 1965"
The last page is signed by court reporter L. B. Bailey, Jr.
Curatorial CommentaryThe 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
02/12/1964 - 02/14/1964
