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.
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.
Signers of petition: William P. Pusey, Fleming McSparran, Clarkson Jefferis, Miller Hutton, George Brown, Francis B. Groff, James D. Malone, Mark Showalter, Joseph Smith, William R. Ralston, James McCrabb, William W. Steele, Mordecai Hammond, Clemingham Atchison.
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Signers of petition: Samuel Trimble, Robert W. Moor, Miller Hutton, G. J. Hildebrand, [ ] Zell, Francis McCrabb, Francis B. Groff, [Patteric] Smyth, Thomas R. Johnson, [Amos] Groff, Michael Shea, Samuel Newport, John C. Stone, Ephraim Potts, George Bellamey, Newton Egan, James W. Malone, William Morrison, Thomas McMorrison, Dennis Malone, T. W. Waters, Cheyney H. Pusey, Oliver Caldwell, R. M. Caldwell, Robert W. Moore, Jonathan McMichael, Emanuel D. Waters, James Barnes Jr., Thomas M. Gryder, John B. Hess, John Kennedy, J. S. Jordan, Jeremiah Herr, Jackson Towson, John Findley, Thomas Arnold, Edward J. Hewes, Allen S. Steele, Henry Harner, John W. Fisher, William A. Towson, Enos Evans, James Barnett, William Barr, John Tennant, N. N. Heneil, Edward F. Heneil, J. H. Bryan, Samuel Fisher, Henry M. Ewing, [Elihu] H. Wells, Benjamin H. Witmer, Henry McCann, A. B. Stone, Samuel Broome, Samuel L. Fisher, John Trimbel, Robert W. Moore, Edward McCaa, John Rogers, Anthony Deaver, Cuningham Atikson, Henry Rogers, Lewis Hilton, R. L. Wharton, William T. Wilson, Samuel Cuming, Benjamin Burgess, Christopher M. Hess, George Aument Jr., John Lutz, Daniel D. Hess, Jonathan M. Bushong, James Lowry, James Shank, Benjamin Musser, Westly Philips, William J. Steel, David Stefel, A. Bear, Andrew Lee, Vincent Burkins, Robert M. Cohick, Charles T. Todd, M. Watson, Eli Moore, John Burgin, A. J. Ferguson, Benjamin Brooks, [unknown signature], Jacob Hauk, Daniel R. Hilton, Vincent Reynolds, Thomas Moderwell, Thomas Cully, J. McMichael, William Wescott, Elias Hess, Lewis Jefferis, Mortica Hamond, Isaac Moris, Benjamin F. Sides, S. J. Hamilton, James Duncan, Peter Smyth, Jacob L. Kirk, Archibald Brown, William P. Pusey, H. D. Hildebrand, William Miller, Benjamin Finley, Richard Ward, G. S. Savery, Lewis Todd, Benjamin Brogan, William K. Brown, Hezekiah Freeston, [unknown signature], Samuel C. Marshall, John McKinley, John Steward, Thomas McKinley, John Gallighar, John M. Bishop, Samuel Seipel, Edward Buckman, William Bear, [Wayne Mohr], [unknown signature], Allen Kline, William C. Buckman, John Brown, James W. Allen, John Hoover, Peter Caldwell, James McKinley, Felix W. Sweigert, [Jeremiah] Kirk, S. McConkey, H. J. McIntire, Harrison Hammond, [Elwad H. Done], Clark Philips, john Harveston, James Trimble, Samuel McMichal, Michel Philips, John Hiltibrand, John McColgen, B. R. Watson, Jacob Bear, M. Pharoah, Jacob Hecklar, Thomas Pusey, William Moore, John Harrar, Nathan Watson, George Wishower.
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Signers of petition: Henry Pinkerton, George M. Steinman, W. Whiteside, D. W. Patterson, Reah Frazer, John P. Myer, M. H. Locher, J. C. Van Camp, Charles Gillespie, William T. Amweg, L. Richards, Henry M. Reigart, P. G. Eberman.
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Lately kept by [ ] Hallacher, licensed to C. B. Hartman.
Located in the Northwest Ward on the West King Street.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, Peter McConomy, Watson H. Miller, George Keller, George Ford, William B. Fahnestock, H. Scherff, Godfried Zahm, M. Carpenter, Charles Boughter, J. Frey, Daniel Harman.
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Signers of petition: Thomas Grosh, Jacob Rohrer, Peter B. Rohrer, Conrad Garber, Benjamin Workman, Jacob Gamber, John Huber, Peter Graybill Jr., David Grube, John S. Hostetter, John B. Bossler, Henry Landis.
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Signers of petition: George Heagy, Nathaniel Evans, [ ] Hunter, James Collins, Francis Hawthorn, Daniel Zahm, James C. Carpenter, George Wolf, Joshua Vaughen, Charles Evans, Reuben Hamilton, Benjamin Young, George Weaver, John Wilson.
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Signers of petition: Amos Lyle, William F. Jenkins, Joseph Gray, John Rily, George Jenkins, J. A. Blake, Samuel W. Scott, S. W. P. Boyd, Samuel Wicks, Joseph Smedley Jr., Robert Killough, George Tollinger, Joseph Jenkins, J. Morris Jackson, Amos Ailes.
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Signers of petition: John Harnish, John Hartman, Henry Weise, George Walter, Benjamin Kegereis, Peter K. Walter, Joseph Leisey, Daniel L. Lutz, Reuben Bucher, Jacob Bucher, John Weinhold, Benjamin Leisey.
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Signers of petition of a eating house: George Rettew, J. Halls Fridy, Frederick Weller, James Boys, Benjamin F. Gram, John S. Boys, John C. Irwin, Abram M. Smith, [signature in German], John M. Weller, John H. Musser, Samuel Miller, A. R. Rohrer, H. S. Colm, Jacob C. Clair, Jacob Heinaman, Peter Weller, Abraham Hieneman, Isaac Hienaman, John Mumma, [signature in German], Jacob Bard, Henry Frollich, Peter Weller Sr., John Haugindobler.
Signers of petition: Martin Kendig, Joseph Reitzel, Samuel Styer, John S. Boys, Abraham Greu, Henry M. Weller, John Haugendobler, Jacob Will, John R. Markly, George Rettew, John N. Mummau, Isaac Heinaman, Abraham Heinaman.
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Located on the road from Lancaster to Safe Harbour.
Petition granted.
January term.
Signers of Petition: John Martin, John Harnish, Jacob Shenk, Tobias Stehman, John Hess, David Hess, Samuel Moore, John Shenk, Samuel H. Hess, Adam Kindig, David Bair, John Mecartney, Abraham Haverstick.
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Signers of Petition: Samuel Charles, Abraham B. Myley, Hanry Heidalbaugh, Samuel Ressel, John Harschock, Jacob Graft, [signature in German], John Zeider, John Byers, Benjamin Martin, Frederick W. Rehm, John Huber, [signature in German], John Brenneman.
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Located at fourth lock of the Conestoga Navigation.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Christian Miller, John Resh, Henry Brooke, John Stehman, Martin Light, Christian Kindig, Isaac Stoner, Henry Bear, Benjamin Hess, Edward Calwell, George Wier, Joseph Hess, Samuel Light, John Cowder, James McAlargin, Samuel H. Hess.
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Located on the road from Shenks Ferry to Lancaster, on the bank of the Susquehanna River.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Christian Shenk, David Bair, J. F. Hess, John Kendig, John Graver, [signature in German], Jacob Hess, Jacob Shenk, Benjamin Good, John Gardner, Daniel Charles, Christian A. Miller, Henry H. Gall, Christian Sterneman.
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Signers of Petition: Christian [Cohider], Christian Barr, Henry Layman, David Meyers, John Charles, John Zercher, [signature in German], John Mecartney, Jacob Burkholder, Samuel Myer, Rudolph Myer, Benjamin Snavely, Andrew Zercher, Adam Harr, Jacob Johnson, Christian R. Harr, Moses Hess, John Shenk.
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Signers of Petition: Christian Miller, Joseph Miller, Joseph Frey, John Line, George Henry, Samuel Hess Jr., Abraham Singer, John Good, David Hess Jr., Benjamin Good, Rudolph Harnish, Adam Warfel, Christian Sterneman Sr.
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