The Happy Time. In Knoxville, Tenn., Criminal Court Judge J. Fred Bibb refused to hear any more criminal cases during the holiday season, explained: "Jurors are full of the Christmas spirit, and are inclined to be lenient."

Intelligence About Intelligence. In Montreal, picked up after he had committed 59 offenses, Charles A. McNaughton was described in the police report as "a brilliant intellectual who releases pent-up emotions by slashing white-wall tires with a sharp scissors."

The Marrying Kind. In Singapore, charged with attempted suicide, Fong Kum Mok tearfully told the court that he tried to slash his throat after reflecting on his marital problems, explained: his first wife died, his second ran off with thousands of dollars in cash and jewelry, his prospective third broke her promise to wed him, fled with several hundred dollars.

Checkmate. In Milan, Italy, charged with complicity in a series of auto thefts, Maria Zolla, 19, told the court that she only accompanied her husband on his car-stealing expeditions "to make sure he wasn't running around at night with other women."

Testimonial. In Milwaukee, fined $150 on a drunk-driving charge, Henry Buie, 50, told the court that neither beer nor whisky had effected his condition, explained: "It's that cough syrup; I drink it morning and evening."

Life with Mother. In Hamburg, Germany, Gerda Thimm, 22, was sentenced to six years in prison for mistreating her husband by 1) dropping acid into his ears while he slept, 2) attempting to slip a razor-blade sliver under his eyelid, 3) putting rat poison in his bed.

None for the Road. In Kansas City, Mo., Police Lieut. Frank Wells drove around town all day looking for a motorist to whom he could present a $100 safe-driving award, finally spotted a likely candidate at 10:30 p.m., discovered, after trying to press the award on him, that he had been convicted of four traffic violations last year.

Size-Up. In London, Albert R. Killeen won a divorce after testifying that his wife tormented him by constantly telling him he was six inches shorter than her first husband.

As Ye Sow. In Clairfield, Tenn., after he disappeared from the Army in 1942, Farmer Hubert Osborne dug a tunnel from his house to the barn to use as an escape route if the MPs ever showed up, panicked when they finally arrived, ran across the lawn dropping a telltale trail of bran from a sack he was carrying, was arrested, charged with desertion.

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