Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin 3:10

משנה: גָּֽמְרוּ אֶת הַדָּבָר הָיוּ מַכְנִיסִין אוֹתָן. הַגָּדוֹל שֶׁבַּדַּייָנִין אוֹמֵר אִישׁ פְּלוֹנִי אַתָּה זַכַּאי אִישׁ פְּלוֹנִי אַתָּה חַייָב. וּמְנַיִין כְּשֶׁיֵּצֵא לֹא יֹאמַר אֲנִי הוּא הַמְזַכֶּה וַחֲבֵרַי מְחַייְבִין וּמָה אֶעֱשֶׂה וְרַבּוּ עָלַי. עַל זֶה נֶאֱמַר הוֹלֵךְ רָכִיל מְגַלֶּה סּוֹד׃ MISHNAH: When they have come to a decision, they bring the parties in. The chief judge says, Mr. X, you are not guilty, Mr. X, you are guilty. From where that afterwards, one may not say, I had found for you but my colleagues found you guilty, but what can I do since they were a majority against me? On such a one it was said: The gossip uncovers secrets²¹⁴Proverbs.11.13">Prov. 11:13. Since this is from the Hagiographs, it does not have the force of a Torah verse..

הלכה: גָּֽמְרוּ אֶת הַדָּבָר כול׳. אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. כּוֹפִין אֶת הַמְחַייֵב שֶׁיִּכְתּוֹב זַכַּאי. רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן לָקִישׁ אָמַר. הַמְחַייֵב כּוֹתֵב חַייָב וְהַמְזַכֶּה כוֹתֵב זַכַּאי. מַתְנִיתָא פְלִיגָא עַל רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ. מְנַיִין כְּשֶׁיֵּצֵא לֹא יֹאמַר. אֲנִי מְזַכֶּה וַחֲבֵירַיי מְחַייְבִין. מָה עֲבַד לָהּ רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. דְּלָא יְהֵא מָאן דְּהוּא מֵימַר. כַּמָּה בָעִית לִפְלוֹנִי מְזַכֶּה לִפְלוֹנִי בְדִינָא וְלָא שַׁבְקוֹן לִי. מַאי טַעֲמָא דְרֵישׁ לָקִישׁ. דְּלָא יֵיתֵי חוֹרָן וְיִסְבּוֹר דִּכְווָתֵיהּ וְיֵימַר. אוֹף פַּלָּן הֲוָה תַמָּן אוֹף הוּא טָעָה. HALAKHAH: “When they have come to a decision,” etc. Rebbi Joḥanan said, one forces the one who finds guilty to write “not guilty.²¹⁵The decision has to be signed by all three judges, Sanhedrin.30a">Babli 30a.” Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish says, the one who finds guilty, writes “guilty”; the one who finds not guilty, writes “not guilty”²¹⁶The dissenter may write a dissenting opinion, Sanhedrin.30a">Babli 30a.. The Mishnah disagrees with Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish: “From where that afterwards, one may not say, I had found for you but my colleagues found you guilty.” What does Rebbi Joḥanan do with this? That nobody could say, I really wanted to justify X in his suit but they did not let me do it²¹⁷His rule enforces the Mishnah.. What is Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish’s reason? That no other person should come, reason as he did, and say, also that one was there and he erred²¹⁸The dissenting opinion might in the course of history become the majority opinion; then its author should get due credit..