Commentary for Bava Metzia 186:20

הלסטים הרי זה אונס אמאי לוקי גברא להדי גברא אמר רב בלסטים מזויין

but subsequently the thief's identity became known. Then he [the trustee] came before R. Nahman, who ruled him liable.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though it was an accident; yet since the thief was known, it was for the trustee — an unpaid one — to sue him. This was the assumed reason for his liability. ');">¹⁷</span>

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