The chief justice of Daishin-in (the predecessor of the Supreme Court of Japan), Korekata KOJIMA did not apply the penal code for lese majesty, and ordered a justice who was in charge of this case to apply a penal code for premeditated murder attempt against ordinary people according to the law.
しかし、大審院長の児島惟謙は、この件に同罪を適用せず、法律の規定通り普通人に対する謀殺未遂罪を適用するよう、担当裁判官に指示した。