Signers of Petition: Daniel Musser, Daniel Eckman, Phillip Miller, George Wiker, Henry Eckman, Jacob Hoover, William Miller, H. Hains, Samuel Miller, John Erb, and two others.
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Located fronting on the Lancaster and Harrisburg Turnpike Road.
Lately occupied by Stephen Rigler.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Alexander Patterson, Thomas M. Crown, Jacob Rohrer, Abraham Harnly, John Foster, [signature in German], Christian Rohrer, Henry P. Carson, John Shenck, David Bender, Jacob Myers, Simon Meredith, William B. Galbraith.
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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.
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.
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.
Signers of petition: Thomas Johnston, Jacob Roth Jr., Jacob Hunsicker, Alexander Lindsay, Jacob Graybill, James Steele, Samuel Bailie, Francis Flury, Samuel D. Miller, John Park, Reuben Welshans, Jacob Rigler.
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Located at the new bridge across Conestoga Creek on the road leading from Lancaster to McCall's Ferry.
Lately occupied by George Hinkle.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Leonard, Henry Deffinbough Jr., Henry Diffenbaugh, John Longenecker, Levi Rogers, James Evans, Jeremiah Mosher, George King, Jacob Rathfon.
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Located near the public bridge on the road leading to Peach Bottom Ferry, about a mile from Lancaster City.
Formerly occupied by Bernard Bartholomew.
Petition granted.
Signers of Petition: [Emanuel] Reigart, Jacob Slough, John F. Steinman Sr., John Riddle, William Cooper, Philip Myer, John Stemen, George Louis Mayer, Benjamin Ober, Peter Kline, John Myer, John Burg, B. Grimler, Samuel Fahnestock, [name in German], John [Benchman], Daniel Reigart, Jacob Leman, Leonard Eichholtz.
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Also: John Smith; William Mentzer; Jacob Weller; William Weller; Martin Bitzer; William Bitzer; Andrew Miller; John Miller; Bear Weaver; William Hinkle; Solomon Steffy; Emanuel Groff.
Riot.
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