Commentary for Bava Kamma 126:4
קתני מיהא בטוען טענת גנב דמשלם תשלומי כפל אבל בטוען טענת אבד לא משלם תשלומי כפל ואפי' טוען טענת גנב בשבועה הוא דמשלם תשלומי כפל אבל שלא בשבועה אינו משלם תשלומי כפל
but if he admits [this] of himself, he has to pay the principal together with a fifth and a trespass offering.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In accordance with Lev. V, 21-25. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> [If the depositor says] 'Where is my deposit?', and the bailee answers 'It was stolen!', [whereupon the depositor says] 'I call on you to swear', and the bailee says, 'So be it',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which amounts to an oath; cf. Shebu. 29b. ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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