How do Deacon’s and Cranton’s stories differ?

In The Nine Tailors, Cranton tells most of his story near the end of the book. I am assuming that you are referring to his and Deacon's original stories at their trial for the theft of the Wilbraham emeralds. At the time of the theft, Cranton had already served time for another crime and had written a book about his life and how he had reformed. His story at the trial was that Jeff Deacon came repeatedly to talk with him about his book because he wanted Cranton to agree to fence the emeralds once they were stolen. Deacon says that the theft was Cranton's idea (Cranton knew Deacon would have access to the jewels). Each man wanted to blame the other for the idea, but when Cranton pled guilty to the theft, he stated that Deacon had double-crossed him and he wanted to see Deacon heavily sentenced. According to Inspector Blundell, the fact that Cranton never changed his story caused him to think that Cranton's was the truest version of events. Later in the story, it becomes clear that Deacon had hidden the emeralds in the church so that he would not have to share the proceeds with Cranton.
In Cranton's main chapter, he explains to Wimsey and the police how he and Deacon came to an arrangement about stealing and fencing the emeralds, how the jewels were stolen, and Deacon's subsequent escape from prison and his being shipped to France during WWI. Deacon was actually wounded there and found by a French peasant. He feigned amnesia and stayed in France to marry the peasant, then found an article in an old newspaper announcing that his (Deacon's) body had been found. At that point, he decided to go back to England and retrieve the emeralds. He asked Cranton to send him a fake passport but did not want to tell him where the emeralds were. So Cranton went back to the village to look for the emeralds, using a cipher that Deacon had sent him.
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