Signers of Petition: Jacob Eisenberger, David Caldwell, Joseph [Ruppersehmia], John Breneman, Jacob Peters, [signature in German], Jacob Bausman, [signature in German], Samuel Hershey, John Berker, [Christian Lintner], John Eschbach.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Bausman, John Becker, Samuel Hershey, Joseph [Kopperschmid], Benjamin N. Stanton, David Caldwell, Jacob Eisenberger, Jacob Peters, John Baker, Nicholas C. Baker, Abraham Bower, C. Brenner.
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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: W. P. Brinton, J. C. VanCamp, George M. Steinman, Charles Gillespie, W. Whiteside, George Danner, D. W. Patterson, P. G. Eberman, Henry Pinkerton, John P. Myer, George H. Bomberger, Henry Carpenter, O. J. Dickey, George K. Reed.
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