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Show Police Court. There was an unusual un-usual array of persons arraigned at Alderman Clinton's court yesterday afternoon, when Charles Merrill, George S. Smith, Isaac Brown, Carry Barrett, Nelly Huilbut, Nelly Hutchinson, Hutch-inson, Jenny Cornell, Mrs. Etna Ew-in, Ew-in, Sally Salisbury, Mrs. Wiseman, Cora Taylor, Mattie Oram and Rose Miller, were brought before his honor, on affidavits charging them with establishing estab-lishing and keeping houses for the purposes of prostitution. The most of them gave bail to appear beforo Alderman Al-derman Clinton at different times within the next throe days, to answer to tho charges against them. Some of the females expressed themselves in very indignant language when they were informed of lhc charges. One very stout woman said when sho came in; "This is a very funny plaoo, eh! I never saw such a court as this. There's no dignity about & I don't wonder that these girls laugh at it. Guess the court will get onough arresting arrest-ing tho womon." Other womon mado a dive at the reporter, and wondered if ho would put their names in print. |