Show POLICE COURT The Horse Traders Discharged Chin flings Case < J H Sherlock and Jack Fisher the professional horse traders who were charged with grand larceny were yesterday terday morning tried before Judge Gee in the police court and discharged the court ruling that no trade had been made and that the men were guilty of no crime in trading the horse on trial I seems that the fellows had promised to pay 5 difference between their ow i and Ralphs horse and failed to do I so but took the horse nevertheless I They have returned the animal and I paid damages for its retention On the side it is said they fixed matters with the prosecuting witness before the hearing and the evidence was in consequence con-sequence much toned down Chin Hing the Celestial against whom is pitted Mrs Cunningham the landlady of a lodging house at the foot of Franklin avenue was arraigned arraign-ed on the charge of petit larceny Mrs Cunningham alleging that he entered her house and purloined a coat belonging belong-ing to her daughter On the other hand Chin claims that the woman gave him the coat in part payment for goods furnished her by him Mrs Cunningham testified that she had seen the Chinaman in the hal of her house with his haslet and that becoming suspicious followed him down on to the street caught him and opened his basket finding therein her daughters coat She < Iecared that she had never seen the Chinaman before The case will be argued on Tuesday I is a question of veracity One vagrant and a plain drunk were discharged Mrs Susan Thointoti was arrested on complaint of May Lafifte charged with petty larceny She was released on her own recognizance The complaint com-plaint charges that Mr Thornton and her husband carried off four window shades from the house of the Lafitte woman which they rented at onetime one-time The defendant says she threw the shades away supposing them to he worthless Six Franklin avenue fairies were arrested ar-rested on the charge of prostitution and left 850 each a their share of the expenses of conducting the miiiuci pality Peter Fleming arrested on complaint of the plumbing inspector ohaiged With violating the city ordinance relating re-lating to plumbing was given a partial par-tial hearing and the ise gven continued contin-ued to Monday for argument John Smith forfeited 1 put up to secure his presence to anawer to the charge of disturbing the peace |