Reference for Sanhedrin 156:3

ורבי נחמיה חבישה מנא ליה יליף ממקושש

explain 'then shall he that smote him be quit'? — This teaches that he is incarcerated [until the result is known]. Whence does R. Nehemiah know this? — From the 'gatherer [of sticks]'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Num. XV, 32-36. Pending a decision, 'they put him in ward'. ');">³</span>

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