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 in the Northwest Ward, on West Orange Street.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Myers, Christian Myers, John Trivetz, H. F. Benedict Henry B. Myers, James Rogers, Emanuel Shober, John Ditlow, Jacob Leman, Barnes Broon, H. Trout, George Haughman, Henry Gibbs.
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Signers of petition: Henderson, Amos S.; Reed, John K.; Fondersmith, John; Swope, Zuriel; Gibbs, Abraham; Ginder, Philip; Sides, Amos; Warren, Archibald; McCort, Daniel; Boyd, S. W. P.; Baker, Philip S.; King, George P.
April term.
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Signers of petition: Joel L. Lightner, John F. Lefever, Samuel Leaman, Henry Layman, Abraham S. Landis, Peter Diffenbaugh, Emanuel Landis, D. Stamm, George Leaman, Levi Landis, Benjamin R. Landis, William Carrolis.
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Signers of Petition: John Wise, J. M. Northauffer, J. Huber, C. Kline, Philip S. Baker, George Kleiss, R. McClure, John Fondersmith, James C. [Carpenter], Jacob [Larcord] Jonah Wisner, John K. Reed.
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Signers of Petition: George Blattenberger, Robert H. Jones, Jacob Foreman, John McNeill, Alexander Cowan, Joseph Horst, David Watson, R. S. Currey, John Ekel, John Jones, Emmor Kimber, F. Hipple, Stephen P. Camp, Jacob Funk, Nicholas Ward, Michael Balsley.
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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: John Fondersmith, E. M. Kline, [ ] Breneman, Jacob Zecher, Christian Widmyer, D. B. Vondersmith, R. McClure, C. Kline, David [King], Whiteman Benner, Reuben S. Rohrer, J. Smith.
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Lately owned by William Dietrich, kept by Augustus Myers.
Located on the west end of Witmer's Bridge, on the Philadelphia and Lancaster turnpike.
April term.
Signers of petition: Andrew Dunlap, Isaac B. Burrowes, Abraham Lehman, Henry White, Henry Markley, Augustus Myers, William Dietrich, Joseph Gerber, Joseph G. Ressler, Hugh McIntyre, David McFalls, John [Delett].
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Signers of petition: Hugh McIntyer, William Dietrich, Joseph Gerber, Gorge Faust, Andrew Dunlap, Isaac B. Breneman, David McFalls, John Debelt, Samuel Ranck, Charles Nauman, Jonas [Crumwell], C. Nauman.
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Signers of petition: William Dietrich, Hugh McIntyre, Abraham E. Lehman, Abraham F. Garber, Casper Nauman, Frederick Roeting, James Brady, James C. Dunlap, Charles H. Roeting, Charles Nauman, Samuel Ranck, Andrew Dunlap.
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