The People v. Rappaport

We are called upon, by this writ of error, to review a conviction of Morris Rappaport, in the criminal court of Cook county, of the crime of manslaughter. The indictment charged murder.

Harry Silverstein was shot and killed at the rear of the Central Park Theater in Chicago on January 4, 1931. He was about twenty-five -years old and was known as “Troubles” and “Red Iodine.” Defendant, Rappaport, was twenty years old and was formerly employed at the theater. He was on the back of the stage that night with several others, including Herbert Imlach, the theater electrician, Irving Riffkind and…