/internal/media/dispatcher/58830/fullT42 The State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby, Order Changing Venue01/10/196714 × 8 1/2 × 1/4 in. (35.6 × 21.6 × 0.6 cm)PaperDallas County District Clerk Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1994.002.0011.00050Photocopy of transcript of The State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby, Order Changing Venue and Motion to Limit Contents of Transcript, filed January 10, 1967. The Order Changing Venue to signed by and approved by Judge Louis T. Holland. The Motion, filed by Ruby's attorneys, Phil Burleson, Sam Houston Clinton Jr., William M. Kunstler, Sol Dann, and Elmer Gertz, asks the court to limit the matters to be contained in the transcript to be sent to the new trial venue in Wichita County, Texas to the indictment, mandate, order changing venue and this order, given that the Defendant, Jack Ruby, has died.
This copy retains both original blue covers and is 33 pages, with an original signature page at the back, notarized and signed by deputy Pat Arnett on January 10, 1967. Held together with a butterfly clip.
The front cover is typed:
"No. E-4010-J
The State of Texas, Plaintiff
vs.
Jack Rubenstein Alias
Jack Ruby, Defendant
Offense: Murder with Malice
Change of Venue - 30th Judicial District Court of Wichita
County, Texas"
Transcript in ok condition. Photocopied pages are yellowed. Covers are discolored around edges. Multiple staple holes in two separate places on tops of covers and pages. (JM 11/25/2019)Documents6617421.590000000035.56000000005553Document0.6350012700The State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby, Order Changing Venue and Motion to Limit Contents of Transcript, filed January 10, 1967.
This document summarizes the main proceedings of Jack Ruby's legal status and case since the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963. Starting with the indictment of Ruby for that shooting, through the court case and successful appeal that followed, including documentation of the Court of Criminal Appeals judges' unanimous overturning of the guilty verdict and decision to move the new trial to be held in Wichita County, Texas, the document concludes with motions from Ruby's defense to limit the paperwork needed to be sent to Wichita County given that Jack Ruby died January 3, 1967, before the new trial could begin.
The Order Changing Venue was granted by Judge Louis T. Holland.
Document retains both original blue covers and is 33 photocopied pages, with an original signature page at the back, notarized and signed by deputy Pat Arnett on January 10, 1967.
Text on the cover:
"No. E-4010-J
The State of Texas, Plaintiff
vs.
Jack Rubenstein Alias
Jack Ruby, Defendant
Offense: Murder with Malice
Change of Venue - 30th Judicial District Court of Wichita
County, Texas"Jack Ruby trialCourt recordsHearingTrialsTonahill, Joe H.Ruby, JackHolland, Louis T.Dann, SolBurleson, PhilArnett, PatKunstler, William M.Gertz, ElmerWade, Henry M.Clinton, Sam Houston, Jr.Criminal District Court No. 3Dallas County Criminal Courts BuildingDallas County District Attorney's OfficeState of TexasDallas