by the Supreme Court, which on 2–5 October, reconsidered the appeal of the defenders. Five of the convicts went to prison to serve their sentence. Witos, Adam Pragier, Wladyslaw Kiernik, Kazimierz Baginski and Herman Lieberman went into exile, before the approval of the judgment by the Supreme Court. They wrote in a joint statement: We will not again be hostage to the dictatorship, as in 1930 ... The country demands from us not martyrdom, but a struggle to remove the mafia, which established its reign on lies, harm and depravity of characters. We left Poland to continue fighting the hated dictatorship. References External links Wincenty Witos - a short biography Polish People's Party - a longer, reverential biography 1874 births 1945 deaths People from Tarnów County People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Polish Austro-Hungarians Polish People's Party politicians Polish People's Party "Piast" politicians People's Party (Poland) politicians Prime Ministers of Poland Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1911–1918) Members of the Diet of Galicia and Lodomeria Members of the Legislative Sejm of the Second Polish Republic Members of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic (1922–1927) Members of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic (1928–1930) Members of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic (1930–1935) People of the Polish May Coup (pro-government side) Leaders ousted by a coup Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)