Carrier

One wio undertakes to transport goods from one place te another. i Pars. Cont. 682. One who carries or agrees to carry the gouds of another, from one place to another, for hire, or without hire. Carriers are either common or private. Private carriers are persons who undertake for the transportation ina particular instance only, not making it their vocation, nor holding themselves out to the public as ready to act for all who desire their services. To bring a person within the description of a common carrier, he must exercise it asa public employment; he must undertake to carry goods for persons generally; and he must hold himself out as ready to transport “CARRY AWAY.” <A technical phrase tm an indictment for larceny, translating the Lat. asportavit.

7 Gray, 45. ee