Originally Posted by
Tergon
The Guards do seem to look for the easy way out. Earlier, I shouted someone off a high point in Markarth and they died in a splattery way, and a guard came up to me. Apparently hitting someone with a shout means I need to pay 40 gold as punishment, but since it was the ground who killed them, no fuss there.
When I explained I was a Thane, he let me go. I sort of suspect it was more that he just wanted any possible excuse to get away from me before I got angry.