Quoting%20commentary for Bava Kamma 214:13

היכי דמי כגון שטען טענת גנב ונשבע וחזר וטען טענת אבד ונשבע

an oath that he was not careless, an oath that he did not commit conversion and an oath that the deposit was no more in his possession, does this not mean that the oath 'that he did not commit conversion' should be compared to the oath 'that the deposit was no more in his possession so that just as where he swears 'that the deposit was no more In his possession,' as soon as it becomes known that the deposit was really at that time in his possession he would be liable for double payment, so also where he swore 'that he did not commit conversion, when the matter becomes known that he did commit conversion he would be liable?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To double payment in case of perjury. ');">²⁶</span> — He replied: No; the oath 'that he did not commit conversion' was meant to be compared to the oath 'that he was not careless'; just as where he swears 'that he was not careless' even if it should become known that he was careless,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., that the deposit was stolen from him through his carelessness. ');">²⁷</span> he would be exempt from double payment.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since he did not misappropriate the deposit for himself. ');">²⁸</span> so also where he swears 'that he did not commit conversion,' even if it becomes known that he did commit conversion,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And then misappropriated it for himself. ');">²⁹</span> he would still be exempt from double payment. Rami b. Hama asked: [Since where there is liability for double payment there is no liability for a Fifth,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For which v. supra 65b and 106a. ');">³⁰</span> is it to be understood that] a pecuniary value for which there is liability to make double payment exempts from the Fifth, or is it perhaps the oath which involves the liability of double payment that exempts from the Fifth? In what circumstances [could this problem have practical application]? — E.g., where the bailee had pleaded in his defence theft confirming it by an oath and then came again and pleaded loss and similarly confirmed it by an oath,

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