Commentary for Bava Kamma 44:5

אי הכי מאי למימרא לא צריכא בגדי דחד ועבד דחד

so that no other but the major punishment is inflicted.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 113. n. 8. ');">⁷</span> If so, [is it not obvious?] Why state it at all? — No; it has application [in the case] where the goat belonged to one person and the slave to another.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though the capital charge is not instituted by the owner of the goat, no damages could be enforced for the goat, since the defendant has in the same act also committed murder, and is liable to the graver penalty. ');">⁸</span>

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