Carrier's Case

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. 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.
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A monumental 1473 English case which extended the offence of theft (then called larceny) to include a carrier of goods who, initially lawfully in possession, converts goods to his own use. - (read more on Carrier's Case)