Also: Adam Young, John Killinger, George Breckley, John Hampt, George Miller, John Shaeffer, Henry Beck, William Retting, Philip Smith, John Poist, Christian Stroubel.
Assault and battery; riot.
6 items, 6 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Also: Martha Peirce, Phineas Petitt, William Messer.
List of names: Jacob Heiss, Casper Snyder, Peter Swenck, John Lehnert, John Shaeffer, William McKown, John Hart, Francis Steele, Christian Snyder, Lucas Flinn, George Miller, Andrew Hoff.
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.
