That would work and  for the purpose of taking a honorable reprieve and give them a discrete way to investigate  is to undergo Musha Shugyo.  Here is a link explaning what that is.  https://l5r.fandom.com/wiki/Musha_Shugyo (https://l5r.fandom.com/wiki/Musha_Shugyo)<br/><br/>Oh and by Magistrate do you mean Imperial or a jade or emarld?