Quotation for Sanhedrin 62:8
אלא כי אתא רב שמואל בר יהודה א"ר יוחנן לעולם מביא ראיה וסותר עד שיסתתם טענותיו ויאמרו לו הבא עדים ואומר אין לי עדים הבא ראיה ואומר אין לי ראיה אבל באו עדים ממדינת הים או שהיתה דיסקיא של אביו מופקדת ביד אחר הרי זה מביא ראיה וסותר
then you say, 'and [immediately thereafter] says, Admit so and so to testify on my behalf' — which agrees with Rabban Simeon b. Gamaliel!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For this implies that the evidence is not admissible only because he offered witnesses of whose existence he had known and who were available at the time. But if he subsequently produced new evidence, unknown to him when he made his declaration, it would be valid. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin
HALAKHAH: “Each of them disqualifies the other’s judge,” etc. So is the Mishnah: Each of them disqualifies the other’s judge, but not his own. Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish said, they spoke about Syrian courts8Greek ἀρχεῖον, cf. Giṭṭin 1:5, Note 107., but not about following Torah law9Ad hoc courts formed by ignorant people.. Rebbi Joḥanan said, even following Torah law10In a court of arbitration it makes no difference whether a judge be learned in the law or not.. How was this said? Two people had a case in Antioch. One said to the other, I am accepting everything which Rebbi Joḥanan will decide11Implying that he wants the case to be tried before the permanent court of the Academy in Tiberias.. Rebbi Joḥanan heard it and said, he is not empowered to tear apart his opponent12By forcing him to spend money and time in travelling from Antioch to Tiberias., but they shall hear their arguments there and if need be they should write and send the case before the rabbis13If one party wants to try a case out of town, the other party can appeal to the local permanent court to try the case in town, subject to submitting arguments in dispute to an out-of-town court of appeals; Babli 31b.. Rebbi Eleazar said, if one says in Tiberias, but the other said in Sepphoris, one listens to the one who says in Tiberias14Between the court of the Academy in Tiberias and the local court in Sepphoris, precedence must be given to the court of the Academy..
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