why is reversed pick pocketing a crime?

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Whenever I get bored I tend to pickpockets everyone in sight. So, after I pretty much stripped every guard in the city down to his underwear, I noticed that my inventory was kinda full.

So I picked a nice fellow of which I thought: "That guy could use 17 complete sets of armor." After successfully putting 5 sets of armor in his pocket and trying to give another, a (half-naked) guard came to me and said that I had committed a crime against Skyrim and its people.

What crime did I commit?
(Ignoring the massive pick pocketing crime, 'cause nobody saw that or was paid not to see it)

EDIT:

Since this is not really seen as correct SE question I adjust my question a bit.
Is there a legal way to give 17 set of armor to somebody?

I imagine if you saw someone cramming suits of armour into someone's pockets on the street without them noticing, you'd tell the authorities too... — Landric, Apr 08 '13 at 11:29
This is a "why did they design it that way question", which is unanswerable and not a good fit for Arqade. — kotekzot, Apr 08 '13 at 11:45
Related: http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/112851/what-will-happen-with-items-i-put-into-someones-inventory-during-pickpocket/112858#112858 @SirDuckduck Gameplay-wise, it's probably because you can hurt or even kill someone thru reverse-pickpocketing. — galacticninja, Apr 08 '13 at 12:45

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 08 '13 at 12:02

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Trespassing onto someone elses property (your hand, in their pocket).

answered Apr 08 '13 at 12:02

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In that case you should get arrested the moment you look in there pockets. And the people of Skyrim never made objection to me trespassing onto there property. – SirDuckduck Apr 08 '13 at 12:09
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It became against the law after it was determined that the average citizen of Skyrim would not give a second thought to drinking random bottles of liquid that mysteriously materialized on their person. – Trent Hawkins Apr 08 '13 at 12:19

why is reversed pick pocketing a crime?

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