Sidney was a son of Louis Raleigh Coffey and Lillie O. Morrow. He was born 9 Apr 1905 in Rutherford Co., NC and later married Aquilla Quinn Hunt. He died on 12 Jun 1987 in Rutherford Co. and was buried at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery in Forest City, Rutherford Co. on 14 Jun 1987.
Sid's claim to fame was a conviction in a federal court at Asheville, NC in May 1924 for violation of the Mann white slave act.
The following appeared in the Winston-Salem, North Carolina "Journal" on Tue., May 20, 1924, Page 1:
One Jailed for White Slavery
Judgment Suspended in Case of Two Others and Another is Freed of Charge
(By The Associated Press}
Asheville, May 19.--Sid Coffey was sentenced to serve four months in jail; judgment was suspended in the case of Pink Bright and Lewis Webb and Ed Ingle were found not guilty of violating the Mann white slave act in federal court today.
The four youths, residents of Forest City, N.C. were charged with having taken Mrs. Gertrude Jenkins, 19, from her home in Spartanburg, S.C. into North Carolina for immoral purposes. She was with the men several days, part of the time being spent in a school house near Forest City. The defense was based on the https://goo.gl/srE3fr : accessed Nov. 16, 2017 contention that the young woman went on the trip willingly.
Source: Genealogy Bank at https://goo.gl/srE3fr
