The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-07 00:00:00

EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1852.

Standard rh earn), in Shoreditch, stated, that during
th, performances on the previous evening his atten-
tion was atwacted by a su Idea uproar in the gallery,
accompanied by terrific exclamations from persons
on the front seat, And on hastening to that part of the
house to ascertain the cause of the distur bailee., he
observed the prisoner, who had ben drink,ng, at the
extreme end of the seat, with a little boy, 13 years
old, iu his arms, and in the act of precipitating him
headlong into the pit. The prisoner, who appeared
to be determinedly bent upon his purpose, had suc-
ceeded in getting the little fellow's legs over the iron
bar, but the boy clung with desperation to the rail,
and screamed for help in the greatest terror, as the
depth from the gallery to the pit was but little short
of 70 feet, and if he had been hurled over there
could be but very little doubt that he would have
been killed. Witness, however, instantly caught hold
of the lad, and succeeded with some difficulty in
rescuing him from his perilous position, but he had
no sooner done so than the prisoner made a rush at
him, and after striking bim several sharp blows in
the face, declared with an oath that be would fling
him over next. The prisoner then seized hold of him
by the hair of his bead, and forcibly dragged him
down until the upper part of his person projected
over the barrier, and he felt perfectly satisfied that
his assailant would speedily have effected his purpose
as he was on the point of losing his balance, if it had
not been for the fortunate arrival of several other
officers, with whose assistance the prisoner was at
length overpowered and secured.
Abraham SLannard, an assistant-constable of the
theatre, fully corroborated the evidence of the last
witness in its leading particulars, and added, that as
soon as he attempted to extricate Lambert from the
grasp of the prisoner, who was at that time holding
him down by the hair of his head, and making
desperate efforts to force him over the railing, the
prisoner commenced a similar attack upon him also,
and endeavoured to hurl him down into the pit with
such an exertion of muscular strength that they were
both iu imminent danger of losing their lives.
Henry Morgan, the son of a mechanic in John's•
place, Old-street, and the first object of the prisoner's
violence, stated that he felt very thirsty during the
performance, and, having gone out to procure a
draught of water, returned quietly to the seat he had
left, but before he could take possession of it he was
seized by the prisoner under both his arms and
assailed in the manner the other witnesses had de-
scribed. He was wholly at a loss to account for the
savage conduct the prisoner had exhibited towards
him, as the prisoner was an entire stranger to him,
and he had not offered him the slightest provocation
previously to his seizing him up and attempting to
pitch him over into the pit.
On being called upon for his defence, the prisoner,
who had repeatedly interrupted the witnesses while
giving their evidence, and assailed them with the
foulest invectives, vociferously denied that there was
the slightest truth in the charge, and declared in the
coarsest language that the whole account they had
given of the transaction was a tissue of falsehood from
beginning to end.

Mr. lArticouivr, however, characterised it as a
most wanton outrage, and at once sentenced him to
pay penalties to the joint amount of 51. for the double
assault, or in default to stand committed to the House
of Correction for two separate terms of one month
each, one to take effect at the expiration of the other ;
and the prisoner, being unable to pay either penalty,
was carried off at thu clone of the court in the van.