Signers of Petition: William Myers, Frederick Hoffman, George Brown, H. B. Bear, John Eshleman, Michael Seitz, John H. L. Landis, Christian Kauffman, Jacob Hershey, Edward L. Howard, Christian Riddle, Ezekiel Williams, Henry Getz, Benjamin Bear, Henry Baer.
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Signers of Petition: John Dunkel, Abraham Hoefgen, George Brown, Frederick Hoffman, Jacob Myers, Jacob Diffenderfer, David Dunkel, [signature in German], William [Sneath], George Slough, Anthony Fisher, Lewis House, Henry Hornberger.
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The Mayor's Court was established at the incorporation of the City of Lancaster in 1818, and was composed of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen with powers and jurisdiction analogous to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery. It was abolished on 6 February 1849.
System of Arrangement
Organized by court term.
Arranged with general materials first, then constables reports, tavern licenses, un-numbered cases, and numbered cases.
Bond: Henry Schreider [signature in German], John Wittlinger.
Receipt.
Signers of petition: Watson H. Miller, H. Scherff, William B. Fahnestock, Michael J. Groff Jr., Joseph Hoover, Charles F. Hager, John Casper, Jacob Weaver, J. Frey, John Drepperd, Jesse S. Wayne, Henry Casper, Daniel Harman, M. Nunamacher, John Ditlow.
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