 A woodman found Hartford's body and an hour or two later, Jacques was traced through Kington St Michael and was captured at an alehouse in Chippenham, where he was found to have a pocketful of money and was wearing Hartford's handkerchief around his neck.Jacques confessed to the murder and at his trial in Salisbury confessed to three other murders and a robbery of a man of £10 on Hounslow Heath.Sentenced to death, he was hanged on Stanton Common, between Upper and Lower Stanton, a little to the east of Stock Wood at a public execution with people coming from Malmesbury and Chippenham to watch.