Recognizance, charged with keeping a tippling house.
Additional names: John Eberman, Henry Pinkerton, Paul Dewees, Daniel Ehler, Samuel Kindig, John Brown, James Clendenin, Benjamin Galloway, James Gibbons, John Murphy.
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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.
Located on road leading from Lancaster to Port Deposit.
Lately occupied her late husband, George Smith.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Abraham Warfel, Christian Brenneman, Joseph Miller, Isaac Ryan, John Hart, Martin Huber, Henry Bowman, David Strohm, Jacob Eshleman, John Winter, Jacob Newswanger, Isaac Graft, Richard Kerns, Charles [Pickett].
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Located on public road leading from Lancaster to Port Deposit about nine miles from Lancaster.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Eshleman, John Hart, John Miller Jr., William McMillian, Abner Reese, John Gochenour, Martin Shaub, John Hersh, David [ ], Martin Miller, John Bruce, Martin Huber Sr.
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Signers of Petition: J. T. Anderson, A. N. Cassel, William Child, Jacob Graybill, J. Libhart Jr., James Stackhouse, Samuel McKinney, John Hertzler Jr., F. Wilson, John H. Goodman, Samuel D. Miller, W. C. McPherson, Nicholas Chapman, John Huss.
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