Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20
RUDOLPH RABENS GETS 3 YEARS.
HIS ATTORNEYS WILL ASK FOR NEW
TRlAL--RABERs GAVE 1000 BOND.
1.-THE State, March 12.l

fore Judge Ernest Gary at $50
O'clock yesterday evening and re-
ceived sentence for three years in
the State penitentisry, or on the
public works of Oconee county, for
participation in the robbery of the
Courtenay Manufacturing Company,
at Newry, Oconee county, on De.
cember IL, 1908.
Rabens was convicted at Walhalla
on February 6, being tried in his
absence. Judge Gary rendered
sealed verdict and a bench warrant
was issued for Rabens's arrest. His
attorneys agreed to deliver him at
Walhalla Monday to receive his sen.
tence. Judge Gary was unable to
go to Walhalla. Rabens was on
hard there Monday morning and
yesterday he and his attorney, r. I.
Jaynes, of Walhalla, in company
with Solicitor Boggs, came TO Colum-
bia to appear before Judge Gary and
have the sentence read.
The following petition was pre-
sented by Rabens's attorneys:
To His Honor, Ernest Gary, Presid-
ing Judge of the Tenth Judicial
Circuit:
The undersigned, H. Rudolph
Rabens, most respectfully shows to
the honorable court as follows:
He is informed and believes that
he was tried at the spring term, 1907,
of the court in the above entitled
cause (receiving stolen goods) and
convicted on the third count in the
indictment and sealed sentence left
with the Clerk of the. Court; that
your petitioner now comes and pre-
sents himself out of the term time
and asks that said sentence may be
opened and read TO him in order that
he may submit to the same as he
may be advised by his counsel; that
your petitioner valves all jurisdic.
tional points, if there be any, in re-
gard to the fact of the sentence being
read to him AT his request out of the
term time, and your petitioner will
ever pray, etc.
(Signed) H. Rudolph Rabens.
This being consented to by attor-
neys for the defendant and Solicitor
Boggs, Judge Gary opened the SEN
tepce, which was as follows:
"The sentence of the court is that
the defendant, H. Rudolph Rabens,
labor on the public works of Oconee
county, or in the State penitentiary,
for period of three years"
Rabens sat unmoved while the
sentence was being read, showing no
signs of being nervous.
Attorney Jaynes said that he
thought the sentence was excessive
in view of the fact that there was no
evidence of Rabens being actually
implicated in the robbery, the only
evidence being that he had received
about 5000 of the money taken from
the safe.
Judge Gary replied: 81 do not
consider the sentence excessive in
the least. regard the man who
would connive with these safe crack.
ers to commit robbery as being a
greater enemy to the public than the
men who actually do the work, be-
cause it requires more or less bravery
for a man to execute job of this
kind"
A receipt signed by the Clerk OF
Court of Oconee county was filed
showing that Rabens had deposited
$4,000 Gin lawful money of the
United States" for his appearance
when demanded. This money was
deposited in the Peoples Bank, OF
Walhalla, subject to the orders OF
the court, the interest on the money
to be paid to Rabens.
Judge Gary signed an order pro-
viding for bail in the sum of $4,000,
to bo signed by not less than two nor
more than five sureties to be ap-
proved by Ithe Clerk of Court, or to