Petition not granted until a petition is filed with Clerk of Court.
Signers of Petition: David Blemsinger, Abraham Myers, Jacob Spangler, John Ream, Martin Fry, R. Ream, Jacob Hibshman, John Fry, John Conrad, John Hacker, [Frederick Ream], Jacob Rettig, Abraham Landis, Philip Bushong, Daniel Wise, William Musser.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Schirk, Andrew Shimp, Michael Kline Jr., Curtis Fry, John Brison, Richard Davis, George Horting, J. S. Heitler, Joseph Konigmacher, Jacob Reddig Jr., R. R. Heitler, Peter Reidenbach, Joseph Sherk, Joseph Uhrich, Jeremiah Bauman, [signature in German], Benjamin Uhrich.
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Located on the Downingtown, Ephrata, and Harrisburg turnpike road.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: R. R. Heitler, Allan Carpenter, David Bauman, Cristein Sheaffer, John Keller, H. Hostetter, W. J. Hibshman, John Erb, George Keller, Jacob Hibshman, Jacob Konigmacher, [signature in German], Samuel Enck.
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Signers of Petition: R. R. Heitler, M. J. Hibshman, J. B. Amweg, John Gross, William Myers, R. Ream, Ephraim Shober, [signature in German], Jacob Reddig, William Musser, George Horting, Henry Hibshman.
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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.
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Additional Notes
Riot; murder.
Christiana Resistance.
Defendants: John Morgan; Henry Sims; Charley Valentine; Lewis Clarkson; Charles Hunter; Lewis Gales; George Williams; Alson Pernsley; Light Stewart; Joseph Scarlet; William Brown; Ezekiel Thompson; Daniel Caulsberg; Isaiah Clarkson; Benjamin Pendergrast; Elijah Clark; Henry Green; William Williams; John Holliday; William Brown; George Reed; Benjamin Johnston; John Jackson; Thomas Butler; Collister Wilson; Hezekiah Clemens; George Wells; Walter Harris; Abraham Clinch; Nelson Carter; Jacob Philips; Jacob Moore.
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