John Ellsworth Murphy

John Ellsworth Murphy (October 27, 1925 Omaha, Nebraska – November 12, 1984, Omaha Nebraska) was a lawyer and judge in Omaha, Nebraska. From 1960 to 1978 he served as a judge on the district 8 court of Nebraska. The most notable cases over which he presided were the bribery cases against then Mayor James Dworak and four others and a murder case against Robert Julian Jacobs. Also, he was the judge who heard the first part of the legal battle that occurred when Omaha annexed the town of Millard in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Murphy was the son of Emmett and Georgia (Adams). Murphy served as a private first class in the US Army during World War II, receiving in July 1945 a bronze start for meritorious service from February 20, 1945 to April 26, 1945 in France and Germany. Two years later, in December 1947, he became engaged to his soon to be wife, Mary Beth Hill (b. December 17, 1922 in Omaha), daughter of Lloyd Miller Hill (b. June 13, 1869 in Wisconsin) and Cecilia Sinnett (b. March 5, 1899), whom he married on September 4, 1948. After the war he attended Creighton University School of Law and received his law degree in 1950. He also served in the US Army Reserves, first as battalion executive officer of the 416 Ordnance Battalion, and later the 82nd Field Hospital, and by 1958 had attained the rank of captain. That year he was elected judge advocate of the Nebraska Reserve Officers Association. In 1961, President Kennedy mobilized the national guard in reaction to tensions with the USSR and Cuba. Newly assigned to the 82nd, Murphy reported to Fort Carson, Colorado.

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