b. By drugs poured into liquor.
2. “Bug-hunters,” or those who go round to the public-houses and plunder drunken men.
C. Those who Plunder by Manual Dexterity, by Stealth, or by Breach of Trust.
1. “Mobsmen,” or those who plunder by manual dexterity—as the “light-fingered gentry.”
a. “Buzzers,” or those who abstract handkerchiefs and other articles from gentlemen’s pockets.
i. “Stook-buzzers,” those who steal handkerchiefs.
ii. “Tail-Buzzers,” those who dive into coat-pockets for sneezers (snuff-boxes,) skins and dummies (purses and pocket-books).
b. “Wires,” or those who pick ladies’ pockets.
c. “Prop-nailers,” those who steal pins and brooches.
d. “Thimble-screwers,” those who wrench watches from their guards.