I restanti 36.309, in grande maggioranza operai e artigiani, furono deferiti davanti ai ventisei Consigli di guerra che emisero 13.440 condanne, 3.313 delle quali in contumacia. ###>The first was that the Communards "stopped half way ... led astray by dreams of ... establishing a higher justice in the country ... such institutions as the banks, for example, were not taken over".