Commentary for Avodah Zarah 124:7

התם דקא קברי בבי דינא מוכחא מילתא דהרוגי בית דין נינהו הכא לא מוכחא מילתא אימר אינש גנב ואייתי קברא הכא

In this latter instance, since they are buried in the court, it would be generally known that they had been executed under sentence of the court; but here the circumstances would not be generally known and a person might suppose that somebody had stolen [the wheat] and brought it to be buried there.

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