| Last Saturday Henry Pratt, late of Helaugh in Swaledale (the remarkable quack Cow Doctor) was committed to Richmond gaol in this county, on suspicion of stealing a cow hide, the property of Thomas Husband, of Reeth, Tanner; and as the Constables of Middleham were conveying him to the Magistrate at Bedale, the Doctor, when he came upon Ulshaw Bridge, took a sudden resolution to get rid of his attendents, and threw himself over the battlements into the River Yore, being at that time bank full, but was drove to an island where he lay many hours, and was with much difficulty got off. |
