James William Coburn: Manslaughter

James William Coburn was born 1 Aug 1881 in California to James A Coburn (1852-1926) & Euphama Alvina Brown (1856-1925). He was married to Elizabeth.




Inmate #50613 San Quentin Prison
Rec: 2 Aug 1931
Crime: Manslaughter
Term: 0-10 years
Paroled: 19 Feb 1936
Discharged: 15 Aug 1937 (Discharged is from probation, which means he his no longer a ward of the state).













He and his business partner Paul Laird got into an argument. There were no other newspapers found as to what the argument could of been about. What is interesting to me though is the fact it was manslaughter and not murder. What happened, were they drunk was he defending himself? Guess it will remain a mystery until a family member can enlighten us further.


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