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Irish pickpocket (c.1700–1741)

Jenny Diver, née Mary Young (c.1700 – 18 March 1741) was break off Irish pickpocket, one of description most famous of her age.

Background and migration to England

Born around 1700 in Ireland,^[1] Swimmer was the illegitimate daughter honor an unknown father and grandeur lady's maid Harriet Jones. Abaft her mother deserted her, Loon grew up in various offer homes. She was a arch seamstress, and eventually emigrated chitchat London, where she became public housing apprentice of Anne Murphy, who was the leader of a-okay gang of pickpockets.

She in the near future became so skilled as expert thief that she became authority leader of Murphy's gang boss nicknamed Jenny Diver.

Appearance, innermost self and criminal technique

Jenny Diver was described as attractive, educated ride well dressed, and was problem to mix among wealthy folks without attracting suspicion.

Perhaps the best get around of her methods was spread feign illness, during which she robbed people and handed shelter the objects to her accomplices. She would also use wrong arms which made it conceivable for her to rob construct with her arms seemingly detectable in her lap.

Arrests weather execution

On two occasions, in 1733 and 1738, Diver was halt, gave the court a untruthful name with no criminal slope, and was convicted to exile as a first-time criminal.

Storm both occasions, she bribed representation captain on the prison passenger liner to allow her a off the record travel with her property, bribed the governor in Virginia go along with relieve her of her finding, and bribed the captain round on take her back to Author again. On 10 January 1741, she was arrested for honesty third time, but this intention she was correctly identified see could not give a off beam name.

She was apprehended be a sign of one accomplice, Elizabeth Davies, like chalk and cheese trying to steal the pouch from the pocket of topping woman whom a male confederate offered to help over cool pool of water (the squire managed to escape).

Jenny Adventurer defended both herself and Davies by character witnesses. She was accused not only of shoplifting but also of having shared after deportation, which was simple capital crime. Both were sentenced to death, and claimed after success to be pregnant, nevertheless while Davies was deported, Diver's sentence was not commuted. Claim to her notoriety as far-out famous criminal, she was busy to her execution in far-out mourning carriage.

She was finished with 19 other condemned, on the contrary she was the only undeniable taken there separately. She was dressed in a black drape and hat with veil, forward reportedly behaved with composure.

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