Commentary for Bava Kamma 234:5

סבור לחיוביה מהא דתנן דן את הדין זיכה את החייב וחייב את הזכאי טימא את הטהור וטיהר את הטמא מה שעשה עשוי וישלם מביתו

ornament of R. Abba [to heathen ruffians]. R. Abbahu and R. Hanina b. Papi and R. Isaac the Smith were sitting in judgment with R. Elai sitting near them. They were inclined to declare the defendant liable, as we have learnt: Where a judge in deciding [on a certain case], declared innocent the person who was really liable, or made liable the person who was really innocent, declared defiled a thing which was [levitically] clean, or declared clean a thing which was really defiled, his decision would stand, but he would have to make restitution out of his own estate.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Bek. IV, 4; v. supra p. 584. Thus proving that for a mere utterance that caused a loss there is liability to pay. ');">⁹</span> Thereupon Elai said to them: Thus stated Rab: provided the defendant<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the judge. ');">¹⁰</span>

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