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TxCCA #37900-State of Texas vs Jack Rubenstein Alias Jack Ruby

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TxCCA #37900-State of Texas vs Jack Rubenstein Alias Jack Ruby

TxCCA_37900_State_of_Texas_vs_Rubenstien

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Title: TxCCA #37900-State of Texas vs Jack Rubenstein Alias Jack Ruby

Description: Jack Ruby was convicted on March 14, 1964, of the November 24, 1963 murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy and a Dallas policeman (November 22, 1963). These files are the transcripts from his court hearings murder trial in the Criminal District Court No. 3, Dallas County. The case was appealed to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, as Jack Rubenstein (a.k.a. Jack Ruby) v. State of Texas (# 37900), October 5, 1966. The Court of Criminal Appeals ordered the conviction reversed and remanded, "with directions that the venue be changed to some county other than Dallas." Ruby died of cancer on January 3, 1967, before his retrial (scheduled for Wichita Falls) could begin.

Identifier: TxCCA_37900_Jack_Rubenstein_transcript

Collection: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals records

Creator: Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals

Contributor: Criminal District Court No. 3, Dallas County, Texas

Date of creation: 1964-03-04

Date or period of content coverage: 1963-1967

Subject: Ruby, Jack

Subject: Oswald, Lee Harvey

Type: Transcripts

Citation information: (Identify the item), Texas Court of Criminal Appeals centralized court case files. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Language: English

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