Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes. David 'Debonair Dave' Clark was an up and coming deputy district attorney for Los Angeles County. In 1931 after an unsuccessful run for municipal judge he left the district attorney's office. Between 1931 and 1954 he was acquitted of two murders, went through two divorces, and became an alcoholic. He was finally convicted of the muder of the wife of a friend and sentenced to prison. He died in prison in Chino in 1954. Albert Marco, born Marco Albori, was an Italian bootlegger who was active in Los Angeles during the Prohibition Era in the 1920s. Marco worked closely with Charles H. Crawford, who ran city politics along with Kent Kane Parrot, a powerful attorney involved in city politics. On June 28, 1928 Marco was arrested and put on trial for assault with a deadly weapon when he shot Dominic Conterno and Harry Judson. He was found guilty on two counts and was sentenced to two seven-year terms. He was paroled in 1933 and deported to Italy. He returned to Los Angeles in 1937 hoping to permanently stay in the United States, but he was denied and ordered to return to Italy. First photograph caption dated July 17, 1928 reads "Marco is alleged to have fired upon Dominick Conterno and seriously wounded him as the climax to a dispute that started when the former is asserted to have made some slurring remark about Mrs Conterno. Pictured above, from left to right, are deputy district attorney Dave Clark, defense attorney Tom White and Marco as they appeared at the trial which is under way before Judge William C. Doran." The men are seated and spectators can be seen in the background.; Second photograph caption dated May 23, 1931 reads "The court scene shows Clark, left, when deputy district attorney prosecuting Marco, right. District attorney Fitts says Clark, accused of the Crawford-Spencer murders may have gone to Crawford's office because Crawford threatened to expose Clark's friendliness with June Taylor, Marco's confidante, unless Clark withdrew as a candidate for judge."
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Marco, Albert Marco, Albert--Trials, litigation, etc Clark, David Harris,--1898-1954 Gangsters--United States Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Organized crime--United States Crime--California--Los Angeles Criminals--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Audiences--California--Los Angeles Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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