Signers of petition: David Harry, Samuel D. Miller, Abraham Varley, William A. Spangler, John R. Diffenbach, John Roth, John J. Libhart, John B. Malony, James Stackhouse, Samuel Bailie, Samuel Peck, James Miller.
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Signers of petition: Jacob Meyer, Samuel Ruth, John S. Gish, Jacob Gisch, William Boyer, [signature in German], John Foltz, John Lynch, H. B. Whisler, Isaac Bauman, Samuel Redsecker, James Bryan, A. Greenawalt, Daniel Elliott, George Keller, [signature in German], John Fisher, [signature in German].
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Located at the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy and Lancaster Railroad.
January term.
Signers of petition: Henry Myers Jr., Christian Hoffman, George Patterson, Jacob Gisch, Christian Wolf, John Foltz, George Byrod, George Wealand, John Kuntz, Jacob Brenneman, Martin Nissley, [signature in German], Samuel Harmony, John Lynch, Henry Frank, Joseph C. Snyder, Jacob Auxer, Daniel Balmer, Abraham Redsecker, J. Boyers, Jacob Redsecker, Christian Grube, Isaac Bauman, Andrew Wade, John Welsh, Henry Ashleman, [signature in German], John Shaffer, Henry Shultz, [signature in German], George Keller.
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Located on the road leading from Elizabethtown to Bainbridge.
Petition not granted.
January term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Gisch, George Byrod, Christian Grube, [signature in German], [signature in German], Sebastian Keller, Samuel Harmony, Jacob Auxer, Daniel Balmer, A. B. Redsecker, Samuel Hippard, George Patterson, John S. Gish, Jacob Redsecker, John Kuhns Jr.
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Located on the road which leads from Bainbridge to Manheim and Lititz and also to the Lebanon.
Letter of support.
Signers of petition: Charles G. Huber, Isaac Bauman, Matthew Spear, Jacob Shaffner, [signature in German], David Deisenger, Samuel Rutt, John Mills, John Foltz, Jacob Breneman, John L. Gisch, Lewis Lannes, Barney Denlin.
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Signers of petition: Samuel Bailie, J. R. Diffenbach, Thomas Johnston, John Houston, Abraham Cassel, Abraham Varley, [ ] Eagle, William A. Spangler, Henry Seitz, Joseph Mack, John Roth, John B. Malony.
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Located on the road leading from Elizabethtown to Bainbridge, and fronting the Lancaster and Harrisburg Railroad.
Petition not granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: Christian Hoffman, Jacob Gisch, John S. Gish, Daniel Hoffman, John Kiefhaber, [signature in German], James Bryan, Sebastian Keller, George Keller, Isaac Bausman, H. B. Whisler, John Kuhns Jr., Samuel Harmony, A. Redsecker, Abraham Breneman, Joseph Boyers, Philip Auxer, William Wilson, George Patterson, [signature in German], John Rhoads, Henry Ober, [William Graff], George Byrod, John Lynch.
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Located adjoining the Lancaster, Mount Joy, Harrisburg Railroad on the northeast side at the intersection of the Bainbridge and Falmoouth road.
Petition not granted.
January term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Gisch, William Boyer, Samuel Ruth, [signature in German], James Bryan, Abraham Breneman, H. P. Whisler, Samuel Balmer Jr., Christian Hoffman, Henry Frank, Samuel Hippard, Henry Ober, George Patterson, John Lynch, Daniel Balmer, Abraham Redsecker.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Redsecker, Daniel Elliott, Abraham Breneman, H. B. Whisler, L. Negly Jr., D. Bryan, James Wilson, J. Bryan, Sebastian Keller, Daniel Balmer, Samuel Balmer Jr., Abraham Harmony.
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Signers of Petition: Robert K. Colvin, Samuel Santee, Isaac Vaughen, John W. Shuman, James Boyd, Richard Derrick, Michael Clepper, Joseph Jenkins, R. E. Cochran, Paul Hamilton, George C. Lloyd, Jacob Luttman.
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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.
Recognizance, charged with disorderly house; harboring an apprentice servants.
Additional names: George Peters, Daniel Ehler, John Bender, Christian Kurtz, John Guest, Jacob Roth, Henry Pinkerton, John Bomberger, Matthew Zahm, Jacob Shaffer, John Maxwell, George Hoofnagle, John Riddle.
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Recognizance, charged with disorderly house; harboring an apprentice servants.
Additional names: George Peters, Daniel Ehler, Conrad Swartz, John Bender, Christian Kurtz, John Guest, Jacob Roth, Henry Pinkerton, John Bomberger, Andy Sheridan, Matthew Zahm, Jacob Shaffer, George Gwinner, John Maxwell, George Hoofnagel, Isaac Britzius.
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Charged with the rape of Sarah Lovelace, wife of William Lovelace, Hempfield Twp.
Deposition of Sarah Lovelace.
Testimonies of Connally Findley, Robert Duff, John Toney, Barbara Williams, Ezekial Williams, Jacob Strickler, John Stoner, David Brubaker, Benjamin Osborne, George Peters, Thomas B. Sanders, Stephen Hornberger, William Lovelace, Paul Zantzinger.
Includes recognizance for Jacob Strickler, William Lovelace, Benjamin Osborne, Stephen Hornberger, George Rutt, Michael Shindle, John Evans.
Rule to take the depositions of Elizabeth Meyer.
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Note on document, "a very noted old offender, who ought to be if possible secured and confined, was committed to jail."
Recognizance, charged with stealing from the poor house by Michael Musser, Jacob Eberman Directors of the Poor House of Employment of Lancaster County.
Additional names: Michael Musser, Jacob Eberman, John Wien, Peter Hoofnagel, Daniel Ehler, Wilder Bevins, John Mays, Nancy Mays, Thomas Flanaghan, Margaret Flanaghan, Christina Booth, Thomas Clark.
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Recognizance, charged with stealing items from Micheal Martin.
Deposition of William Michael.
Additional names: Thomas Clark, Thomas Flanaghan, Margaret Flanaghan, John May, Nancy May, Jacob Eberman, Peter Hoofnagle, Daniel Ehler, Adam Weaver, Christina Booth.
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