Instead, it was a long haul by horse and cart, escorted by 500 soldiers, dignitaries and civilians into the countryside. And directly behind them was a stark reminder how their day would end - eight sturdy men carrying two empty coffins! Having assembled outside the prison, the parade went off as follows:A detachment of Wiltshire Yeoman Cavalry. The killers then rifled Webb's pockets, robbed and ransacked the isolated farmhouse and buried the pistol in a nearby wood. They were tried at Wiltshire Assizes and sentenced to hang, not at Fisherton Jail but on Warminster Down.