Quoting%20commentary for Bava Kamma 198:24

ההיא איתתא דאחזיא דינרא לרבי חייא אמר לה מעליא הוא למחר אתאי לקמיה ואמרה ליה אחזיתיה ואמרו לי בישא הוא ולא קא נפיק לי אמר ליה לרב זיל חלפיה ניהלה וכתוב אפנקסי דין עסק ביש

he should at any rate have declared the slaughterer liable, is it permitted to say a thing like that? Was it not taught:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sanh. 29a. ');">³⁸</span> When [a judge] leaves [the court] he should not say, 'I wanted to declare you innocent, but as my colleagues insisted on declaring you liable I was unable to do anything since my colleagues formed a majority against me,' for to such behaviour is applied the verse, A tale-bearer revealeth secrets?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. XI, 13. ');">³⁹</span>

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