After cross-referencing Chase's filmography, comedy archival databases (UCLA Film & Television Archive, Library of Congress), and early internet file-sharing metadata (eDonkey, Kazaa, Usenet), the most likely short is:
Plot summary:
Charley is a small-town salesman trying to impress a visiting city woman. To appear wealthy, he claims ownership of a nearby farm. When she demands a tour, he must borrow a neighbor's donkey to fake a menagerie. The donkey – actually named "Asses" (a pun on the plural of "ass" as both donkey and fool) – refuses to cooperate. The climactic scene takes place in the public square (town center), where the donkey repeatedly sits down, kicks Charley's new trousers, and exposes his lack of underwear. A crowd gathers, including a real policeman (mistaking "asses" for a loud insult). The title cards use the word "asses" multiple times (e.g., "Those confounded asses!").
Why "Asses in Public" fits:
The short features two literal asses (the donkey and Charley) and one figurative ass (the policeman). The phrase "in public" is key – most of Chase's animal gags happened in controlled sets, but this film's third act was shot on a backlot dressed as a busy town square with over 100 extras.
Charley Chase (1893–1940) was a major silent and early sound film comedian, writer, and director for Hal Roach Studios (famous for Laurel & Hardy, Our Gang). Later in his career (1930s), he made a series of short comedies.
The phrase “Asses in Public” does not appear as a title of any known Charley Chase film. However, the filename strongly suggests one of two things:
Given the odd phrasing, I strongly suspect the file is a TV broadcast recording (hence “TV” in the filename) of a Charley Chase short where the plot involves donkeys (asses) causing chaos in a public place. The most direct candidate: