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A brazen theft in the Court House

 



A Court house in a Northern state of Malaya had an antique wall clock. It was brought into the country by a British Officer who was sent to then Malaya as a punishment for acting fresh with his Boss’s girlfriend. He was unhappy with the punishment as it entailed moving out from a modern setting to a rustic country - Malaya - which was also known to be fighting communist insurgents who wanted freedom from foreign rule. He was known as a collector of foreign relics  that abounded in the territories ruled by the British. One of the relics he brought with him was an ancient wall clock. 


He was made a second class Magistrate in a court  of Malaya. Seeing the sparse conditions of the court  he placed the ancient clock in the court just above the magistrates seat. The clock was the talk of the visitors to the court. When his fortunes changed after a two year stint, he was posted back to the United Kingdom. In his hurry to get back he packed most of his personal effects but the clock skipped his attention. So the clock adorned the Court building despite the change in Magistrates. It was a beautiful masterpiece and attracted the attention of visitors to the court. One day, two repairmen in work clothes appeared while the court was in session and requested the permission to remove the clock for servicing as directed by the Chief Clerk. The clock was removed in daylight with the magistrate witnessing it. 


After a few weeks the Court Officers complained of the absence of a clock. The magistrate asked the chief clerk who had just assumed office after a shuffle of court staff. He denied any knowledge of the clock but said he would investigate the matter. His investigations drew a blank as no one knew who the repairers were. As cries for a clock in the court intensified the Chief clerk ordered a new clock which was a far cry from the ancient clock that had adorned the court. However it satisfied the cries for a clock from the court staff who just wanted a timepiece to tell the time and were not bothered by its aesthetic looks. But when the circuit magistrate came for his tour of duty he found the replacement distasteful and queried the chief clerk on the whereabouts of the old clock.The chief clerk who was a simpleton said the court staff had been appealing for a clock and he bought the most expensive one in the shop. He denied any knowledge of the old clock and said it must have been discarded before he assumed his current duties.


The antique clock just disappeared into thin air with no explanation as to its disappearance.


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