 Magnus Heinason was tried, and was beheaded 18th January 1589.His widow, Sofie von Günsterberg, and his business partner Hans Lindenov (d. 1610) contested this act and brought the matter to an assembly of nobles ("Herrendag") at the seaport of Kolding.Magnus Heinason's death sentence was declared void on 6th of August 1590 and posthumously he was rehabilitated.