The People v. Goldplatt

The plaintiff in error, Dave Goldblatt, was convicted of murder before a jury in the criminal court of Cook county and sentenced to the penitentiary for life.

On the morning of April 23, 1941, Anton Gorczak, a truck driver of the Republic Cleaners and Dyers of Cicero, Illinois, was beaten in a small establishment called the Englewood Cleaners, located at 1745 West 63rd street in Chicago, operated by Abraham Rubin. This beating was administered by an unknown person who was allegedly accompanied by Goldblatt. Gorczak died from his wounds later the same day.

Goldblatt had been employed by the…