Marie Coffman- Sterling and her brother Leroy Coffman along with another accomplice robbed Bank of Italy. Marie was the get away driver, while her brother and Ed Nelson robbed bank. Her 4 year old ratted they out.
Marie was born about 1901 in Texas
She was Inmate #47667 San Quentin
Crime: Robbery 2nd Degree
Rec: 23 Oct 1929
Term: 1-Life
She was housewife and 28 years old
Her brother Leroy Coffman
Leroy Coffman
Inmate #48625 San Quentin
Crime: Robbery 1st Degree 2 counts CC
Term: 5-Life 2 Counts run concurrently
Rec: 7 Jun 1930
He was a Mechinist born about 1905 in Texas
Marie's son Roy Sterling was born about 1925.
I made her and her brother a tree on Ancestry and couldn't find their parents or Marie's husband.
I think it was sad that she cried out for her son after the judge sentenced her, must not thought she was going to be separated from her child.
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