2. Should the sentence to be passed upon Louis be submitted to the sanction of the people in their primary assemblies?—YES or NO.
Out of 749 members present, 424 refused an appeal to the people.
A third question was put; vital, supreme, final.—What penalty had Louis incurred?
Three hundred and eighty-seven votes out of seven hundred and thirteen replied: The penalty of death.
Finally they proceeded to promulgate a fourth nominal appeal, couched in these terms:
Should the execution of the sentence on Louis Capet be reprieved?—YES or NO.
Three hundred and eighty votes were against reprieve.
Three hundred and ten for it.
There could not then be any reprieve.
On January 20th the sentence was declared to Louis XVI.