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: 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: Enoch Passmore, Lytle Skiles, William Rhoads, John D. Wilson, John Myers, Jacob Mast, John Resh, G. W. Leaman, James H. Houston, James Paul, Isaac Diller, J. Henderson.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Brubaker, John H. L. Landis, John Ream, [H. Kauffman], William Myer, David Ringwalt, Michael Seitz, John Dunkel, Frederick Hoffman, Abraham Widler [signature in German], George Brown.
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Formerly occupied by Michael Seitz, lately kept by John Davis.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: Henry Getz, Michael Seitz, John Ream, Jacob K. Landis, Jacob Baer, Jacob Metzger, Jacob Sener, John Eshleman, John Davis, Daivd Ringwalt, Joseph Kinsch, Stephen Hornberger, Jacob K. Dunkel.
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