Originally posted by caz
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I'm not quite following you here. The clocks of the time could easily be out of sync, one ten minutes fast and the other ten minutes slow with respect to GMT. These accuracy standards were considered normal. Obviously the police would have been aware of this fact.
Lamb's "contention" was a deposal at the inquest. He made only one statement. Any reported differences in that statement were entirely due to the newspaper journalist's judgement of how accurately said statement needed to be reported. However, Lamb reported as stating "shortly before one" is supported by the fact that the fixed point officer was still on duty.
With the benefit of hindsight we now know that Diemshitz became a convicted criminal, so the truthfullness of his recollections on clocks can be questioned. As for the conspiracy theories being pursued here, they are pretty mild compared to the judgement of Diemshitz in Randy Williams book "Sherlock Holmes and the Autumn of Terror".
Cheers, and with respect as always, George
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