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. Personal and civic life 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 star 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