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: J. Foreman, Joseph R. Metzler, Samuel A. Shroff, Peter Kachenberger, John Haldeman, Simon H. Engle, Augustus Hipple, John Hummel, John S. Horst, John E. Wiley, A. Miller, George Smith, Martin Groff, Samuel Ney.
Bond: Samuel Ney Sr., George Smith.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Signers of Petition: Isaac Girvin, William Russel, William Black, Michael Shindle, George McKinney, Francis Litle, David Shirk Jr., John Connelly, Andrew Charles, Jacob Hoover, George Hoffman, John Steele, J. W. [Phare], John McCallister, John Markley.
1 Item, 1 Piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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