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: George Getz, Henry Mayer, Jacob Mauk, Jacob Sener, Frederick Hoffman, Jacob Brubaker, Benjamin Bear, Emanuel Wertz, John Ream, John Kauffman, William K. Martin, [signature in German].
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Signers of Petition: William Myers, George Brown, Jacob Brubaker, Henry Getz, Frederick Hoffman, Levi Hart, Ezekiel Williams, Jacob Sehner, John Getz, John Kauffman, H. B. Bear, E. P. Howard, Benjamin Bear, Jacob Hershey, Jacob Baer.
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