Talmud for Avodah Zarah 4:12

הַמְּטַהֵר יֵינוֹ שֶׁל נָכְרִי וְנוֹתְנוֹ בִרְשׁוּתוֹ, וְהַלָּה כוֹתֵב לוֹ, הִתְקַבַּלְתִּי מִמְּךָ מָעוֹת, מֻתָּר. אֲבָל אִם יִרְצֶה יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהוֹצִיאוֹ וְאֵינוֹ מַנִּיחוֹ עַד שֶׁיִּתֵּן לוֹ אֶת מְעוֹתָיו, זֶה הָיָה מַעֲשֶׂה בְבֵית שְׁאָן, וְאָסְרוּ חֲכָמִים:

One [a Jew] who trod the wine of a gentile and placed it in his [the gentile's] domain, and the other [the gentile] wrote to him: "I have received money from you," it is permitted, [if the house is open to the public domain and Jews live in that city, as stated above.] But if the Jew desires to take it out, and he (the gentile) does not allow him to do so until he pays him his money, [the wine now being a security for the gentile (his having a lien against the wine) — the gentile saying: If they see me (touching the wine) and bring claim against me, I will say it is mine (even though key and seal be in the hand of the Jew)] — this actually occurred in Beth Shean and the sages forbade it.

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