 Those few in Britain who called the tribunal and its legality into question, were accused of being unpatriotic and supporting the “venal agitators” in Egypt.Guy Aldred, who in 1907 compared the execution of Madan Lal Dhingra with the immunity given to the British officers in this incident, was sentenced to twelve months hard labour for publishing "The Indian Sociologist".George Bernard Shaw, in the preface to his play "John Bull's Other Island", gave the public more of his view of the incident.