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 the North Queen Street.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, Emanuel Kiehms, C. B. Hackman, Charles R. Frailey, Elias Eby, Moses Geiserberger, David Weidler, John [Secrist], R. E. Fahnestock, W. H. Spangler, John Kuhn, Jacob Ziegler, Charles M. Urban, Christian Rine.
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Signers of Petition: Christian Eggert, Andrew Bear, Jacob Hershey, Benjamin Hershey, Samuel Parker, [signature in German], [signature in German], [signature in German], Jacob Gaules, Jacob Meck, Henry M. Reigart.
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Signers of petition: J. I. Hartman, George S. Brady, Edward Wiley, Thomas Greive, M. W. Shindel, R. Buchmiller, George Kuhns, J. B. Markley, Moses Geisenberger, Amos Niley, Samuel Hatz, Emanuel Shober, Benjamin H. Kauffman.
Signers of second petition: J. I. Hartman, George S. Brady, Edward Wiley, Thomas Greive, M. W. Shindel, R. Buchmiller, George Kuhns, J. B. Markey, Moses Geisenberger, Amos Niley, Samuel Hatz, Emanuel Shober, Benjamin H. Kauffman.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
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Signers of petition: H. H. Kauffman, John Sehner, Thomas Coleman, J. Strauss, A. T. Myers, J. Gallagher, J. Welchans, Moses Geisenberger, Jared K. Hiester, Harvey B. Varns, V. P. Anderson, George Horting, Christian Gast, Martin Shreiner.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
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Signers of petition: V. P. Anderson, J. S. Kauffman, Emanuel Shober, Lewis Hartman, C. A. Bitner, P. G. Greider, J. S. Hartman, P. C. Reinfried, J. Mishler, Christian Zecher, Frederich Lutz, Lewis Zecher, John A. Scheurenbrand.
Signers of old petition for Robert Soulsby: J. B. Amwake, Isaac Mishler, Peter Nagle, Fred. Nixdorf, L. G. Clark, Jacob Frailey, Peter Lutz, A. Diffenderfer, H. Blickenderfer, Christian A. Flick, Daniel Hartman, Frederich Lutz.
Deposition of Moses Winger.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
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Signers of Petition: John Davis, Henry Getz, Benjamin Bear, William Myers, Christian Kauffman, Michael Snavely, [signature in German], Christian Brown, Jacob Bringoff, Martin Schwar, Michael Seitz, [signature in German], Jacob Kauffman.
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Signers of Petition: Samuel Parker, John Stauffer, Jacob Acker, J. H. Kurtz, Tobias M. Miller, J. E. Cross, Jacob S. Kauffman, Henry Sholtz, John Landis, Henry S. Herr, John A. Lutz, J. B. Brubaker, Joseph Bowman, Peter Swar, John Jackson, James Hollinger, Jacob Hershey, Jacob Fordney.
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Located on the Lancaster & Harrisburg turnpike and about six miles from Lancaster.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Kaufman, David Dunkel, Tobias Kauffman, Jacob Kurtz, Jacob Fordney, John Gochnauer, Reuben Bowman, John Getz, Jacob S. Kauffman, Jacob Hershey, Samuel Parker, Christian Swar, Samuel Snyder, Henry Hoffman.
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