Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(orig. US) to break into a house or to enter a building under false pretences – both for the purpose of theft; thus jilting n.

1674		Proc. Old Bailey 12 Dec. 7: Henry Robertson a person often free of this Corporation was condemned for Jilting or stealing several peices of Plate.
1868		‘Six Years in the Prisons of England’ in Temple Bar Mag. Nov. 537: ‘Jumping’ is getting into a house through the window; and ‘jilting’ is getting in on the sly, or on false pretences at the door, and sneaking what you can find.