Commentary for Sanhedrin 72:4

עשרה הא ט' הוו הא עשרה קתני משום דאין הכל כשרין ועשרים ושלשה חדא היא

— the judgment of thy poor thou mayest not wrest,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By a majority of one, for condemnation. ');">⁷</span> but thou mayest do so in the case of the ox that is stoned.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From this it may be inferred that the procedure in the trial of an ox to be stoned is other than that of capital cases, except in the number of judges; and that difference is extended to all the other peculiarities of capital procedure, since the object of particularly applying that procedure in capital cases was to achieve the acquittal of the accused. Not so with an ox. ');">⁸</span>

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