Commentary for Sanhedrin 46:5
אמר ר' אלעזר בבא הוא ואחר לפוסלן
R. Ammi and R. Assi said in R. Dimi's presence: What if there is only onepair [of witnesses]? [You ask, what if] there is only one set? Have you notjust said, 'but if only one pair of witnesses [are offered] all agree thatthey cannot be disqualified'? But the question is, what if the second pairis found to consist of kinsfolk or to be [otherwise]ineligible?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Can we say, since the second pair has thus been rendered ineligible, the defendant is retrospectively discovered to have been an interested party in his testimony disqualifying the first pair, since the second is no longer available, and therefore his evidence in respect to the first is now inadmissible? Or, on the other hand, it may be argued that when the defendant gave his evidence he was a disinterested party, and consequently it still holds good. ');"><sup>13</sup></span>
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