The Imperial Watch is fed up of the thieves guild stealing from shops. They have a few leads on peopel involved, but don't want to make any arrests without a good amount of proof they are associated with the Guild. This is where you come in. The Watch has leads on these 3, your job is to find evidence, with no bloodshed.
The people you will be looking out for are detailed in these scrolls.
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Isleif_the_Open_Handed
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Carwen
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:J%27baana
The first two shouldn't be too hard to pickpocket, but J'Baana will be tougher. The Guards have no idea you are wrangling evidence, so if you are detected, they will try to arrest you. You have been warned. Upon completing this task, return to me, and I will pay you 1200 gold.
Summary:
Get evidence(Pickpocket from them, or steal it from their houses) for the 3 previously listed members of the thieves guild.
Return to the questgiver(Decide who gives you this quest)
Restrictions:
Bloodshed. It will count as murder of an innocent, forfeiting your contract.
Reward:
1200 gold.
Razor Tail is no friend of the thieves guild, and happily accepts this contract. Isleif the Open Handed, bah! The bloodsack was not Open Handed to Razor Tail, proclaiming Razor Tail was not needy enough, Razor Tail always needy! Anyways, the Gob' brain did not contain any evidence of association with the thieves guild on his person, but http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/5209/8febob008.jpg what Razor Tail found in "Open Handed"s nest, a copy of the book Followers of the Gray Fox.
Carwen, Stupid svck up to the guild of thieves, no match for Razor Tails superior pickpocket skills, still no evidence on Carwen Catlicker, but a nice little key to Methredhel's house, in which smart Razor Tail found http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/686/8febob009.jpg copy of the Followers of the Gray Fox.
J'Baana...Razor Tail is sorry to say he was unable to find any evidence linking J'Baana to the thieves guild, but it was not Razor Tails fault! Razor Tail searched every inch of the dumb kittens litterbox, but found nothing but cat hair. When Razor Tail tried to pickpocket, stupid cat call the guards even though he is a jailed cat! Razor Tail managed to see a lot of lockpicks, but that was all before buffoon of a guard started screaming at Razor Tail, and sent him to the Dungeon...
Does Razor Tail still get nice prize?