Law Practice
Mar. 26, 2021
Gambling ships in Santa Monica Bay
On August 1, 1939, 250 state and local law enforcement officers, on a hodge-podge of boats, raided four gambling ships anchored three miles off the southern California coast.
John S. Caragozian
Email: caragozian@gmail.com
John is a Los Angeles-based lawyer and sits on the Board of the California Supreme Court Historical Society. He welcomes ideas for future monthly columns on California's legal history at caragozian@gmail.com.
On August 1, 1939, 250 state and local law enforcement officers, on a hodge-podge of boats, raided four gambling ships anchored three miles off the southern California coast. California's attorney general Earl Warren supervised the raids from the beach. He had kept the officers ignorant of their destinations until the last minute, lest the officers alert the ships. Three of the ships immediately surrendered, and the raiders smashed or th...
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