Seditious words in writing are seditious libel. Parliament abolished the offence of sedition and seditious libel in 2009. The English criminal common law of seditious libel made criticizing the government a crime. Charges on six counts relating to unlawful assembly, seditious intention and seditious publication. Larkin was later arrested, charged, and convicted of riot and seditious libel. He was jailed eight months before being tried for seditious libel. The crime of seditious libel was presumed to persist, although last prosecuted in 1901. Archibald Hamilton Rowan in Newgate Prison where Hamilton Rowan was serving time for seditious libel. Twelve were charged with "seditious conspiracy". Others were excluded due to their 'ease of living' or branded as seditious agitators. Eight of the strike leaders were brought to trial on charges of seditious conspiracy. It was ruled that Kahane's death was part of the total "seditious conspiracy". The publication of books deemed seditious became a felony. The Party placed firm restrictions on publicising views considered to be anti-socialist or seditious. Her revelation was considered not only seditious, but also in contempt of court.