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: John Vaughen, H. Breneman, Jacob Gossler, John Ames, John Montgomery, Robert McDowell, John List, Jacob Lichty, John Swartz, Michael Strein, Francis Boggs, George Wike, Andrew Beiter, Peter Haldeman, Joseph W. Cottrell, P. B. Elder, G. W. Johnston, [John R. Beatty, Reuben Mullison, Nathaniel Evans, Daniel Herr.
Additional signatures: Michael Strein, P. B. Elder, J. F. Cottrell, H. H. Owings, John Vaughen, William Evans, Jacob Gossler, [J. Reading Beatty], G. G. Claiborne, John E. Fox, [John] A. Davis, Peter Haldeman.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Signers of Petition: M. Strein, Michael Heisey, Thomas [Winnemore], Richard E. Cochran, Christian Haldeman, John Campbell, C. Breneman, G. Breneman, William C. Cornwell, John Arms, Michael Elder, George Boyd, Peter Haldeman, James Boyd.
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
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.
