Civil Liberties. In Baltimore, after police had arrested 100 people in a raid on a strip joint, Magistrate William Laukaitis threw the case out of court, announced: "The fact that a male applauds a female for taking off her clothes does not constitute disorderly conduct."

Little Caesar. In East Providence. R.I.. attempting to hold up a hardware store. Joseph Reposa was recognized by the proprietor, had his rusty, unloaded gun snatched from him, found his getaway car had no gas.

Expert Witness. In Buffalo, when neither of two holdup victims could identify the robber, Paul J. Kozma, 18, identified the victims, got a five-to-seven-year jail sentence.

Friend in Need. In Minneapolis, Carleton J. West, 24, stopped his car on a bridge, plunged into the Mississippi River, rescued a drowning woman, gave her artificial respiration, then found that he had a ticket for illegal parking.

Marlcdown. In Electra, Texas, arrested for forging a check to pay for a pair of cowboy boots, Jesse Smith explained: "The boots had been reduced from $38 to $32 and I just couldn't resist a bargain." The Background. In Dallas, Mrs. Chester Johnson, testifying that her husband had slashed her fur coat with a knife while she was wearing it, was asked where she got the coat, told the judge: "My husband asked the same question--he objected to another man giving me the coat and started slashing." Reward. In Louisville, Chester Fawbush helped foil a $1,400 robbery, got his picture in all the papers, was picked up by police on a three-year-old grand larceny warrant.

Compound Interest. In Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., a thief returned 150 pennies and a -32-cal. revolver he had stolen from J. D. Molloy, added a note of explanation: "I tried to take these things but my conscience wouldn't let me, and by the way, I oiled your gun." Siesta. In St. Louis, police awakened Adolph Bohnn by pounding on the door of his loan company, told him that during his snooze a burglar had smashed a front window, set off the burglar alarm, pounded off the handle of the company safe with a hammer and an iron bar.

The Suitor. In Los Angeles, suing for divorce, Mrs. Margaret McCarthy, 44, testified that her fourth husband Michael had falsely claimed that he owned a house, 180 acres of land, that he stood to win a $5,000,000 lawsuit over oil rights, that he was 56 when he was really 86.

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