Reference for Sanhedrin 60:4
אמר ליה בני אמור לי כיצד שמעת א"ל כך שמעתי שמודה ר' יהושע בן קרחה לרבי נתן
So he ordained him and then asked: 'My son,what tradition in the matter have you heard?' — 'I heard,' replied R. Joseson of R. Hanina, 'that R. Joshua b. Korha agreed with R. Nathan [that theevidence need not be given simultaneously].'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From this answer, which has no bearing on the question, one might be led to conclude that R. Simeon b. Eliakim, though aware that R. Jose b. R. Hanina was incapable of providing the information desired by R. Johanan, nevertheless stated that he could give the information, in order to have him ordained. This cannot but appear as an unworthy ruse. A similar incident, however, is recorded in the Jerushalmi, though the names of the Sages figuring in the story are slightly different in order. There, the question is asked whether the halachah rests with R. Nathan, and the answer given there is more pertinent. This would seem to indicate that our text is in some confusion. [Cf. Weiss, Dor III, 90, n. 15] ');"><sup>8</sup></span>