Summary Justice on the Heath - Ascot Jottings
The other side to Royal Ascot race meeting - a central picture shows Ascot's police court where undesirables with one eye on the horses and the other on the purses of visitors are dealt with. The court was instituted by William IV after a stone had been thrown at him
Picture No
11806510
Media ID
46075336
Size
3977px x 5764px
(5.4MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by Steven Spurrier in The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News', 11 June 1927, page 741
Date
June 1927
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