Kautilya's Arthashastra 3.12.35

3.12.35

nikṣepāpahāre pūrvāpadānaṃ nikṣeptāraś ca pramāṇam //

The rules laid down concerning unsealed deposits (upanidhis) shall apply to sealed deposits also. A man handing over a sealed deposit to other than the real depositor shall be punished. In the case of a depositary's denial of having received a deposit, the antecedent circumstances (púrvápadánam) of the deposit and (the character and social position of) the depositor are the only evidences. Artisans (káravah) are naturally of impure character. It is not an approved custom with them to deposit for some reliable reason.