pocket picking

pocket picking
Taking from another's pocket. A form of larceny. 32 Am J1st Larc § 44. Picking another's pocket, exercising only such force as is necessary to lift and remove the property from the pocket, is not robbery. However, if the thief jostles his victim for the purpose of diverting attention in order to pick his pocket, the force is sufficient to constitute robbery. Duluth St. R. Co. v Fidelity & D. Co. 136 Minn 299, 161 NW 595.

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