Government Reaction
nThirty-five of the men were charged with high treason. Brandreth and two others were sentenced to death and another eleven men were transported for life. The men were originally sentenced to being hanged, drawn and quartered, but the quartering was remitted.
nOn the scaffold one of
the men shouted out that
they were victims of
The execution of
James Brandreth
Response?
Overreaction
Sensible