Complex sentence: She was tried for robbery on September 10th, 1789, but requested that she be tried as a pirate, though she had never killed anyone She was later found guilty of robbery and sentenced to be hanged on October 8th, 1789.
Split into simpler sentences: She was tried for robbery on September 10,1789 but requested that she be tried as a pirate, while maintaining that she had never killed anyone. However, she was found guilty of robbery and sentenced to be hanged on October 8,1789.