Thanks to this quick response, Munetake HONJO, the lord of domain and his father Munehide HONJO, former lord of domain (former roju (member of shogun's council of elders)), were not convicted.
この対応の早さが幸いし、藩主本庄宗武及びその父である前藩主本庄宗秀（元老中）の罪は不問とされた。