Related for Chagigah 51:9
ובירושלים נאמנין על הקודש: תנא נאמנין על כלי חרס גסין לקודש וכל כך למה שאין עושין כבשונות בירושלים:
(Mishnah:) And in Jerusalem they are trusted regarding holy things: (Gemara:) It was taught [in a Baraita]: "They are trusted regarding [even] large clay vessels with regard to holy things. And all this, why? Because they would not make furnaces in Jerusalem [with which to make vessels, forcing them to trust the <i>Amei Ha'Aretz</i>.
Tosefta Chagigah
If tax collectors entered a house and wrote on the outside [that] everything that is in the house is [ritually] pure, they are believed as to the purity of [articles involved in] the purification rite [of the red heifer], but they are not believed about the purity of Terumah, and in Jerusalem they are believed as to the purity of all the consecrated utensils but not about Terumah, and during the season of the pilgrimmage festival, [they are even believed] about Terumah. One who buys utensils from am ha'aretz skilled craftspersons, and one who sells utensils to am ha'aretz skilled craftspersons are believed about the purity of [articles involved in] the purification rite, but are not believed about the purity of Terumah.
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