The governor of the domain and secretaries were also sentenced to house arrest, and although the Domain escaped dissolution or forfeiture, the Tsuna District including Sumoto was merged into Hyogo Prefecture in May, 1871.
藩知事や参事らも謹慎処分を受け、藩自体の取り潰しはなかったものの、洲本を含む津名郡は明治4年5月に兵庫県に編入されている。