Cause Number E. 4010-J. Hearing on Defendant's Motion for a Change of Venue: Volume 1, February 1964

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First volume of court transcription documenting a hearing in the case of Texas v. Jack Ruby on the defendant's motion for a change of venue. The hearing includes examination of several witnesses and statements by the attorneys on February 10, 1964. Index to witnesses and exhibits is at the start of the document.

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216 p. ; 28 cm.

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Muleady, James J. & Stinebaugh, Shirley M. February 1964.

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First volume of court transcription documenting a hearing in the case of Texas v. Jack Ruby on the defendant's motion for a change of venue. The hearing includes examination of several witnesses and statements by the attorneys on February 10, 1964. Index to witnesses and exhibits is at the start of the document.

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216 p. ; 28 cm.

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"No. E. 4010-J in the Criminal District Court No. 3, of Dallas County, Texas. January Term, A. D. 1964."

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Stamp at bottom of cover: "Henry Wade, District Attorney, Records Building, Dallas 2, Texas."

Additional description and context: Transcript of The State of Texas vs. Jack Rubenstein alias Jack Ruby, Hearing on Defendant's Motion for a Change of Venue, Volume One.

Melvin Belli, Joe Tonahill, Phil Burleson and others spoke for Ruby; Henry Wade, Dallas County District Attorney, was the prosecutor, assisted by Jim Bowie and Bill Alexander. The presiding judge was Judge Joe B. Brown.

The following appeared as witnesses: Frederick S. Carney, A. C. Green, Ray Zauber, Harry McCormick, Pierce McBride, Lonnie Hudkins and W. W. Mabra. Ruby's defense called witnesses to make the case that Dallas as a city was harmed by the assassination and the shooting of Oswald and that as such, the city could no longer offer an uncontaminated jury pool for Ruby's murder trial.

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza also publishes this record online: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/5513

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Muleady, James J. & Stinebaugh, Shirley M. Cause Number E. 4010-J. Hearing on Defendant's Motion for a Change of Venue: Volume 1, February 1964, legal document, February 1964; Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1117891/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.

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