@Kanga: yea, but with this trick: 1) It's faster 2) You can do it with a non-stealth class.
@Sicutio: I actually found this trick out by mistake. When I first played this game, I had killed a bandit and took his clothes, and I was hunted down when I went into the city. At the time, I had no idea where the hell I was, so I just dumped the stolen goods, thinking they would leave me alone, but they didn't. When I came back out, the stuff I dropped was still there, so I use it on Guards and Royal Personnel to get a ton of money and good weapons/armor ahead of time, making the game pretty easy.