Reference for Sanhedrin 16:2

אמר רבא אני וארי שבחבורה תרגימנא ומנו רב חייא בר אבין הכא במאי עסקינן שהביא הבעל עדים שזינתה והביא האב עדים והזימום לעדי הבעל בא לגבות ממון מבעל בשלשה ובמקום נפשות בעשרים ושלשה

[in which case the Baraitha should be understood thus:] If [the husband did not offer support of his allegation] his claim, being then only monetary, is decided by three. If however he proposed to bring evidence [on which basis a court of twenty-three was set up], as for a capital charge, but in the end, [owing to the failure to produce witnesses,] only makes a monetary claim, nevertheless the twentythree remain. But how would 'Ulla<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In whose opinion the rabbis consider the husband's suspicions alone as involving a capital charge. ');">³</span> explain the Baraitha? Raba said: [In answer] I and the lion<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The distinguished one. ');">⁴</span>

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