Commentary for Bava Kamma 141:14

אמרי בשלמא ע"ז ושור הנסקל שחיטה שאינה ראויה היא אלא שבת שחיטה ראויה היא דתנן השוחט בשבת וביום הכפורים אע"פ שמתחייב בנפשו שחיטתו כשירה

severer than that. But if the slaughter was carried out by another one, what is the reason of the Rabbis who ruled that there was exemption? — We might say that the Sages [referred to] were R. Simeon who stated that a slaughter through which the animal would not ritually become fit for food could not be called slaughter [in the eyes of the law].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 403, n. 10. ');">²²</span> But I would say, I grant you this in regard to serving idols and an ox condemned to be stoned, as [through the slaughter] the animal will in these cases not become fit for food,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For serving idols see A.Z. 54a; and Hul. 40a. ');">²³</span>

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