Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 8:6

הַבָּא בַמַּחְתֶּרֶת נִדּוֹן עַל שֵׁם סוֹפוֹ. הָיָה בָא בַמַּחְתֶּרֶת וְשָׁבַר אֶת הֶחָבִית, אִם יֶשׁ לוֹ דָמִים, חַיָּב. אִם אֵין לוֹ דָמִים, פָּטוּר:

One (a thief) who is found breaking in, [about whom the Torah states that he may be killed (Exodus 22:1)] is judged by his end. [For in the end he would kill the owner if he resisted him to rescue his property]. If he broke in and broke a jug — If "he has blood" (i.e., if the owner may not kill the thief), he (the thief) is liable (to pay for the jug). [As with a father who breaks in to his son's house. It is known that the father will have compassion upon his son (and will not kill him), for which reason the son is not permitted to kill him, and if the father breaks a jug, he must pay for it.] If "he has no blood," he is not liable. [With all other men who break in, if the owner kills them, "he has no blood." Therefore, if he breaks a jug, he is not liable to pay for it. For since his life is forfeit, he does not pay, a man not being subject to both death and (monetary) payment.]

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