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.
Formerly kept by Peter Steitz, recently by Christian Hershey.
Located on the Harrisburg turnpike.
April term.
Signers of petition: Peter Stormfeltz, Henry Brown, Emanuel Shober, Henry Holl, Samuel Ruth, Patrick McLaughlin, Jacob Kohr Jr., David Harnish, Jacob Seechrist, Jacob Bitner, Phares [Copiny], Patrick McEvoy.
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Signers of petition: Joseph Reist, Peter Reist, David Hochstetter, John Bassler, George Dutt, Abraham Kauffman, David Hershey, [unknown signature], George D. Conrad, Benjamin L. Gibble, John Buch, [signature in German].
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Signers of petition: Henry Nissley, Henry H. Zug, J. Reist, John Hershey, Peter Summy, Peter Longenecker, Peter H. Gibble, Henry Reist, Henry Welch, John Hostetter, John H. Bassler, Joseph Reist.
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