On 20 May 1728, Mary Hendron and Margaret Pendergrass were executed at Tyburn for their role in coercing Sibble Morris into a criminal scheme. While a male accomplice was acquitted, the two women were convicted and hanged, highlighting the harsh and uneven justice of 18th-century England.
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