Musar for Sanhedrin 91:6
דאמר קרא וכי יהיה באיש חטא איש ולא בן חטא מי שעל חטאו נהרג יצא בן סורר ומורה שעל שום סופו נהרג הוי מיעוט אחר מיעוט ואין מיעוט אחר מיעוט אלא לרבות:
So we have one exclusionfollowing another, and such always indicatesinclusion.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 71, n. 7. Hence this includes a rebellious son. ');"><sup>11</sup></span> WHEREUPON R. ELIEZER SAID TO THEM: BUT DID NOT SIMEON B. SHETAH HANG etc.R. Hisda said: They taught this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That two capital cases may not be tried on one day by the same court. ');"><sup>12</sup></span>
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
Prior to the appointment of the first king, the Sanhedrin performed both functions, i.e. משפט התורה as well as הוראת שעה. This is one of the reasons Moses is referred to in our traditonal sources as מלך, king. This is also why, after the destruction of the Temple when Israel no longer had a king, Rabbi Eliezer is on record as saying: "I have heard that (nowadays) a Jewish Court of Law may administer corporal punishment even when Torah law does not call for this."
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