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 Locust Street between Second and Third Streets.
Formerly occupied by Michael Strein.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Isaac Vaughen, George C. Lloyd, Robert Spear, Samuel Haines, John Hennes, Jacob Luttman, James Long, Peter Haldeman, H. H. Owings, Francis Hawthorn, Conrad Swartz, George Heagy.
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Located on Locust Street between Front and Second Streets.
Formerly occupied by Joshua Mitchell.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Arms, Paul Hamilton, Peter Haldeman, John Cooper, Isaac Vaughen, John Evans, George C. Lloyd, J. W. Cottrell, John Felix, John Vaughen, Jonas Rumple, Francis Bradley.
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Signers of Petition: Peter Haldeman, James Long, Richard Derrick, John Harnes, Michael Strein, Henry Sourbeer, B. Haldeman, Jacob Luttman, Samuel Harmes, Isaac Vaughen, Henry D. Eagle, George C. Lloyd.
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