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: Daniel Good, David Eshleman, Henry Garber, James Spence, Martin Miller, James Wilson, John Good, Frederick Pfeiffer, Janus Kelly, John Sweigart, Henry Stock, Robert Porter, Henry Eshleman, Jacob Lehman.
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Port Deposit.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of petition: Abraham S. Mylin, Benjamin Musser, Emanuel Herr, Francis Kendig, Henry Miller, David S. Longenecker, John Wilson, Francis Herr, G. H. Miller, John Rohrer, Richard Fisher, David Longenecker.
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Signers of petition: Henry Hess, Henry Stock, Jacob H. Fehl, Henry Eshleman, Daniel Good, Charles Bellamey, Benjamin Hart, Martin Miller, John A. Barclay, Joseph [Hatcher], Henry Huber, John Good, James Spence, Frederick Pfeiffer.
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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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