Signers of petition: Henry Trout, John Denlinger, Benjamin Graff, John L. Denlinger, Henry Keener, Timothy Daly, John Smith, John Williams Daniel Lefever, Samuel Brua, Jacob Brua, Jesse P. Ronk, Christian Harsh.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: John Fondersmith, E. M. Kline, [ ] Breneman, Jacob Zecher, Christian Widmyer, D. B. Vondersmith, R. McClure, C. Kline, David [King], Whiteman Benner, Reuben S. Rohrer, J. Smith.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: John Kindig, Henry Denlinger, Samuel Brua, N. W. Sample Jr., N. Walter, Jacob Bachman, Jacob Andrews, D. F. Witmer, Lemuel Chew, Christian Fisher, John R. Miller, Mathias Shirk, Timothy Daly, John Smith, Philip Ferree.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: John Fridy Jr., Benjamin Graft, Henry Esbenshade, Henry Trout, Henry Neff, John Kreider, John McNabb, Henry F. Espenshade, Peter Lefevre, Abraham Keagey, Samuel Brua, N. Walter, Nathaniel Caskey.
1 item, 1 piece
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Recognizance, charged with not building a slope for his mill dam on the Conestoga River.
Recognizance.
Recognizance to testify.
Additional names: Martin Lighty, George Lenhart, Michael Reinhart, Stophel Franciscus, Daniel Ehler, John Light, John Wean, Peter Reed, Samuel Light, Jacob Light, John Fordney, John Trisler.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Recognizance, charged in association with stolen linen.
Additional names: Edward Stewart, John Wean, John Riddel, Daniel Ehler, Hughy McGrant, Jane Beavens, wife of Wilder Beavens, Ann Howard, Caty Preison, William Flick, John Wean.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Recognizance, charged with keeping a tippling house.
Additional names: John Eberman, Henry Pinkerton, Paul Dewees, Daniel Ehler, Samuel Kindig, John Brown, James Clendenin, Benjamin Galloway, James Gibbons, John Murphy.
2 items, 2 pieces
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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.
