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.
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: J. B. Hamilton, J. Foreman, Amos Hicks, Henry Haldeman Jr., Jacob Warfel, Abrahm Collins, Jacob Bare, John Haldeman, Frederick Hipple, Jacob L. Engle, Henry C. Ober, Jacob Adams, M. H. Smith.
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Signers of petition: [ ] Nagle, Emanuel Nagle, Thomas Swords, Peter Sides, John Hartz Sr., William Hartz, Peter Hougenberger Sr., George Hachenberger, Samuel Hackenberger, Henry Shroll, Henry Pritz, John Smith Jr., John Markley, Henry M. Markley, William W. Brown, Rufus Nagle, David Swords, Michael Malehorn, Calvin Garreth, Henry Nagle, William Palmer.
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Signers of petition: Michael Fishel, George Fishel, Levi [Rolen], George Cline, Christian Neff, Henry [Sauk], [Adin Dibelen], A. [Hanharly], Jacob Strickler, William [Meleter], Thomas Darber.
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Signers of petition: Henry C. Ober, Henry Dindemen, Joseph Robinson, Daniel M. Engle, Abraham Lehman, Christian S. Erb, Peter Uptegrave, Samuel Selbert, Thomas Fisher, Frederick Zorgas, Christian Engle, Henry Horst, Christian Horst, David Dintamar, [signature in German], James Murphey, William Retherford, Abraham Bower, John Dinteman, John Wilhelm, John Smuch, James Fritzsimmons, Jacob Lichenberger, Reuban Hummel, John S. Horst, Michael Ober Jr., Daniel Parthemor.
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Signers of petition: Daniel Lehman, Jacob A. Miller, Joseph Horst, Samuel Sehner, Daniel Myers, Hugh Dougherty, Robert Connor, Philip Hess, Lewis Hobach Jr., Samuel Nunermaker, Frederick Hummel, John Dimeler, Jacob Ebersole, John [Voorhey], Hugh McGovern, David Brubaker, John Houck, Abraham Collins, Christian Myers Jr., Christian Shank, Michael Hess, Levi Brubaker, Jacob Ackerman, Girard Rhoads, Samue Horst, Isaacs [Kindch], Peter Forst, Cornelius Fishel, Elijah Stickel, Michael Breneman, Martin [Cabach].
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Signers of petition: Peter Emerick, James W. Newell, Daniel Brubaker, Jacob Eshleman, David Pritz, Joseph Eshleman, Bigam Shoaff, Michael Martin, John Kauffman, Cristian [unknown], David [Cobak], John Drace, Jacob Ebersole, Jacob [unknown], Barney Barnes, Philip Ebersole, Jacob Ebersole, Henry Ebersole, Christian Ebersole, John Stoner, Simon Ackerman, Jacob Brubaker, John Albert, Jacob Brickart.
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Signers of petition: J. B. Hamilton, Jacob S. Warfel, Jacob [unknown], William W. Thompson, John Newman, Lewis Houseal, Jacob D. Fellenberger, Jacob Horst, George Smith, John Myers, Franklin McNeill, Joseph Keller, George Horn, Abram Miller, Henry Haldeman Jr., William Houseal, John Hommel, Lewis Miller, Michael Rettefort, Peter Sides Jr., John Barnes, Jacob Lockard, [signature in German], Jacob Albright, George W. Ashton, Jacob Barnes, John Collins, John Ridenbaugh, John C. Donaldson, James Shank Jr., Jacob [unknown], Christian Snyder, Solomon Haldeman, Henry Haldeman, Jacob Shoff, S. Filbert, M. W. Smith, John Haldeman, John Miller Jr., John B. Miller, John B. Small, B. O'Bryan, Henry H. Smith, John Y. Horst, Henry Nophsker, Bartham G. Galbraith, Henry [unknown], James Hawthorn, James Lytle, Jacob Nophsker, Nathan Esworthy, George Deyer, Samuel Cappes, Jacob Adams, Y. M. Gramm, Peter S. Gamble, Samuel Keller, James Adams, Thomas Mark, John T. Miller, Joseph Smith, Jacob S. Snyder, Daniel Murphy, Samuel Crall, John Shoaff, John W. Brown, Adam Lichtenberger, John Hoober, Henry Reidenbaugh, John Sides.
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