Sometime back, a jobless man was reported to have been "sent to the gallows" by the judge, when what the paper meant was that the man was found guilty of a capital offence and he was SENTENCED to death. He's not dead yet. He may appeal the sentence. If you want to be stylish you may say that he was sentenced to be executed AT THE GALLOWS. Put it simply, "sent to the gallows" meant that the guilty man was already executed. Hanged in this case.
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