The Manchester Times Friday, October 17th 1828 Street Robbery: On Thursday, a man named William JONES was brought up at the New Bailey, charged with robbing a gentleman of the name TAYLOR, of his watch and two sovereigns, on Wednesday night. It appeared from the evidence, that Mr. TAYLOR was passing along Ancoats Street, in a state of intoxication, when a boy came up, and under pretence of assisting him home, conveyed him into a back street. Two gentlemen who were passing, suspected from their manner that all was not right, and followed them. The lad was sent back to be on the lookout, and the gentlemen pretending they had mistaken the street, turned as if they were going away, but still kept looking round, when they saw Mr. TAYLOR suddenly thrown down. The gentlemen immediately ran up, and seized the prisoner, the others ran off. The watch was next morning sent to Mr. TAYLOR's house by a little boy, who, however, could not tell any thing of the persons who sent him. JONES told the usual story in such cases; he saw a row, he came to see what it was and was seized, although he know'd nothing of either the man or the watch. Mr LAVENDER, however, know'd him very well, and he was commited to the _____ (last word isn't readable)