He was charged with escaping from the domain because of smuggling, but he was forgiven for his sin through the mediation of Morihide NOMURA, also a feudal retainer of Satsuma clan, who had met GODAI in Nagasaki City.
このために、藩からは脱藩の罪に問われるが、長崎市で出会った同じ薩摩藩士の野村盛秀の取り成しによって罪を許された。