The priest was sentenced to death and shot at once; the other two prisoners were dismissed with a reproof.
Subsequently orders were issued for their re-arrest.

One of them, Latini, had made his escape meanwhile; the other, De Angelis, being less fortunate, was arrested again and executed.
Now, how far these persons were really guilty or not of the offence for which they suffered, I of course have no means of knowing.

Common sense tells one that a nation, fighting for dear life against foes abroad and traitors within, is obliged to deal out very rough and summary justice, and can hardly be expected to waste much time in deliberation.

At any rate, when the Papal authority was restored, the Pope, on the demand of the French, declared a general amnesty for all political offences.

This promise, however, of an amnesty, like many other promises of Pius the Ninth, was made with a mental reservation.