Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes. 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 Dominick 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 16, 1926 reads "Albert Marco, asserted 'vice baron' of Los Angeles, pictured below, was scheduled to go on trial today in Superior Judge William C. Doran's court on charges of shooting tow men in a recent dispute at the Ship Cave in Venice."; Second photograph caption dated November 1, 1927 reads "Maurio Albario, known as Albert Marco, alleged underworld leader, who is due in court today for the setting of his trial on a Volstead act charge." The Volstead Act was the informal name of The National Prohibition Act. It was enacted in order to allow states and the federal government to pass legislation enforcing prohibition.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;22 x 11 cm. on 22 x 11 cm. board. Photographic prints
Marco, Albert Gangsters--United States Organized crime--United States Criminals--California--Los Angeles Crime--California--Los Angeles Portrait photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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