A thief who stole ilie l>ig wall clock from the Moabit court while the irihunal was in full session is Declaimed as 'Berlin's most audacious robber. The man walked into the court room with :i ladder while lawyers and judges were engager! in a profound argument and said lie had hecn for the clock which needed repairing. WJkmi sharply reproved by the judge lie humbly stated that he had come six times and always found the court sitting. The judge allowed the workman to proceed and in a minute he had finished his work ami w;is gone. It was not until the nextday that it. was discovered that no order had ever been given for the removal of the clock. The latest mail advices from Scotland show that fat cattle have been making over 80s per live ewt. nearly everywhere. At Cupar 98s (3d wa« reached, live of itb inhabitants.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 3133, 4 September 1922, Page 8
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