Bava Kamma 39A

שלא יהא חוטא נשכר.

that the sinner, i.e., the rapist, should not be rewarded.

ונתביה לעניים! אמר רב מרי: משום דהוי ממון שאין לו תובעים.

The Talmud suggests: But if that is the reason, let him give the fine to the poor instead of to the Samaritan who he raped, to prevent assimilation. Rav Mari said: This is not done, because it is money that has no claimants. Since one would not be liable to give it to a specific poor person, the rapist could evade payment by responding to any claimant that he wants to give it to a different poor person. The rabbis upheld the Torah law as it stands, and the fine is given to the Samaritan so that the sinner will not benefit.

מתני׳ שור של פקח שנגח שור של חרש שוטה וקטן ⁠– חייב. ושל חרש שוטה וקטן שנגח שור של פקח ⁠– פטור.

Mishnah: If an ox of a halakhically competent person gored an ox of a deaf-mute, an imbecile, or a minor, all of whom are not considered halakhically competent, the owner is liable for damages. But if an ox of a deaf-mute, an imbecile, or a minor gored an ox of a halakhically competent person, the owner of the ox is exempt from liability.

שור של חרש שוטה וקטן שנגח ⁠– בית דין מעמידין להן אפוטרופוס, ומעידין להן בפני אפוטרופוס.

If an ox belonging to a deaf-mute, an imbecile, or a minor gored another ox and caused damage, the court appoints a steward for them and warns them with regard to the ox that gored in the presence of the steward. The ox is thereby rendered a forewarned ox, since the steward is considered its owner with regard to the requirement of the verse: “And warning has been given to its owner” (Exodus 21:29).

נתפקח החרש, נשתפה השוטה והגדיל הקטן ⁠– חזר לתמותו, דברי רבי מאיר. רבי יוסי אומר: הרי הוא בחזקתו.

If, after the ox was rendered forewarned in this manner, the deaf-mute regained his hearing, the imbecile became halakhically competent, or the minor reached the age of majority, the ox has thereby reverted to its status of innocuousness. This is the statement of R' Meir, who maintains that the ox had the status of a forewarned ox only while it was under the custody of the steward. R' Yosei says: It retains its previous status of being forewarned.