Why was Giuseppe Garibaldi sentenced to death in 1834?

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Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi wearing a beret and cloak, with a full beard and mustache, looking toward the camera. — Giuseppe Garibaldi Giuseppe Garibaldi, c. 1860–82.

In 1834, Giuseppe Garibaldi was sentenced to death by a Genoese court for his participation in a mutiny intended to provoke a republican revolution in Piedmont.1

At the time, Garibaldi was serving in the navy of the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia and had come under the influence of Giuseppe Mazzini, a prominent figure in the Italian nationalist movement. The mutiny was part of a series of abortive uprisings organized by Mazzini’s Young Italy organization. Following the failure of the plot, Garibaldi fled to France, and the death sentence was issued in his absence.12