Carrier's Case
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Carrier's Case (1473) was a landmark case in property crime law decided in the Star Chamber. If someone transporting merchandise on behalf of someone else and keeps the property, it constitutes a crime of larceny.[1] The case involved a "carrier" who was hired to transport bales of cotton to the port in Southampton. Instead, the bailee took the contents for himself.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ (April 1921) "Possession and Custody in the Law of Larceny". Yale Law Journal 30(6): pp. 613-617.
- ^ Beirne, Piers, James W. Messerschmidt (2000). Criminology. Westview Press.
[edit] Further reading
- Hall, Jerome (1952). Theft, Law and Society, 2nd edition.
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