Record of habeas corpus proceedings, showing dates of issue and return, names of defendant and custodian of prisoner, nature of writ, time and place of delivery, and disposition. Incomplete index in the back of the docket. Handwritten.
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Station House Docket, Lancaster City Police, April 1883-December 1884. Bound volume of arrest reports that include case number, name of defendant, charges filed, name of arresting officer, court session in Mayor's Court, disposition of the case, and fees assessed. and in many instances the the following day. Charges include Vagrancy and D. & Disconduct (Drunk & Disorderly).
