Cumberland while in Inverness had emptied the…
June 1746 CE
Prisoners had been taken south to England to stand trial for high treason.
Many had been held on hulks on the Thames or in Tilbury Fort, and executions took place in Carlisle, York and Kennington Common.
The common Jacobite supporters fare better than the ranking individuals.
In total, one hundred and twenty common men are executed, one third of them being deserters from the British Army.
The common prisoners draw lots among themselves and only one out of twenty actually comes to trial.
Although most of those who do stand trial are sentenced to death, almost all of these have their sentences commuted to transportation to the British colonies for life.
In all, nine hundred and thirty-six men men are thus transported, and two hundred and twenty-two more are banished.
Even so, nine hundred and five prisoners will actually be released under the Act of Indemnity of June 1747.
Another three hundred and eighty-two will obtain their freedom by being exchanged for prisoners of war who are held by France.
Of the total three thousand four hundred and seventy-one prisoners recorded nothing is known of the fate of six hundred and forty-eight.
The high ranking "rebel lords" are executed on Tower Hill in London.
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