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.
Located on the road leading from Strasburg to Safe Harbor.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Lewis Urban, Jacob F. Herr, Benjamin Urban, Amos Herr, Elias Herr, Francis Kendig, H. Miller Jr., Benjamin Herr, John B. Mylin, Joseph Herr, Benjamin Miller, Christian Howser, John Mylin, Benjamin [Metz].
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Signers of petition: George Hart, James [Stence], Henry Hess, Daniel Good, John Good, Abraham Huber Jr., Henry Stock, John Sweigart, Felix M. Sweigert, Jacob Warfel, Jacob Lehman, Martin Miller, Henry Eshleman.
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Signers of petition: Henry Hess, James Spence, Abraham Huber Jr., John Good, Daniel Good, John Shue, Christian B. Huss, Henry Eshleman, Jacob Warfel, Abraham Good, Jacob Lehman, John Sweigart, Felix W. Sweigert, Jacob Thomas.
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