 For conspiring with Jameson, the members of the Reform Committee were charged, confined in deplorable conditions, and finally found guilty of high treason against the Transvaal.Many received severe sentences, including death; however, the majority of the membership escaped with high fines in January 1896.When a second trial of the Reform Committee was called in late April, the leaders were condemned to death by hanging; however, these punishments were commuted to fines and imprisonment the next day, as a gesture of magnanimity on the part of President Paul Kruger and his government.