Ascot is the only racecourse which lias a police-court on the promises, and a Magistrate sitting in readiness to administer immediate justice to evil-doers. The reason for this is that at ono Ascot meeting George IV., as Prince Regent, was the object of personal violence, and in his hot rage he decreed that a Magistrate should henceforth attend the races, in order to mete out punishment to people _ instantly after their arrest by the police. Since then this custom has always been observed.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6625, 15 September 1908, Page 8
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