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: Henry Bear, Henry Cloud, D. H. Agnew, Edward Flood, Andrew Noble, William Noble, John Mercer, Jacob H. Brackbill, Andrew Armstrong, James Noble, Philip Arms, Archibald Young.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Complaint and summons, charged with forcible entry and detainer, keeping Anthony Ellmaker out of Hollow Schoolhouse and detained his goods in the schoolhouse.
Additional names: Adam Lightner, Henry Rutter, Joseph Rutter.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.