Signers of petition: Jacob Fetter, Jacob Becker, Joseph Wenger, H. K. Haller, Frederick Mast, Christian Stauffer, Mathias K. Hartz, Henry Muckel, William Curly, Henry F. Gittleman, J. K. Hartz, C. K. Bixler.
Signers of petition: R. K. Schnader, John K. Kiehl, Mathias K. [Hevitz], D. K. Kiehl, Abraham Coleman, Amos [Cline], Samuel Martin, Jacob Schneder, John [Poke], Henry F. Gittelman, Clement K. Bixler, William B. Schnader, Christian Flickinger, Michael Light.
4 items, 4 pieces
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Recognizance, charged with stealing wheat from Jacob Miller in Strasburg Twp.
Additional names: Abraham Kendrick, Henry Kendrick, Samuel Armstrong (servant), James Mercer, James Webb (African-American), Michael Wither, Martin Pfouts.
1 item, 1 piece
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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.
Signers of petition: Lewis R. Hibshman, Samuel M. Schaeffer, William [Fausset], B. Breitigam, A. Breitigam, O. Caldwell, Ephraim Eby, William Peter, Israel [Harman], A. G. Herr, Isaac Bricker, John Zartman.
3 items, 3 pieces
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