Complex sentence: Commissioned officers would be obliged to put their swords on the court table as a symbol of their rank and reputation being put on hold with the sword's point being pointed towards them if they had been found guilty.
Split into simpler sentences: Commissioned officers would be obliged to put their swords on the court table as a symbol of their rank and reputation being put on hold. At the conclusion of the hearing, the tip of the sword was turned towards them if they had been found guilty.