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.
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.
Signers of petition: William P. Pusey, Fleming McSparran, Clarkson Jefferis, Miller Hutton, George Brown, Francis B. Groff, James D. Malone, Mark Showalter, Joseph Smith, William R. Ralston, James McCrabb, William W. Steele, Mordecai Hammond, Clemingham Atchison.
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Signers of petition: Samuel Trimble, Robert W. Moor, Miller Hutton, G. J. Hildebrand, [ ] Zell, Francis McCrabb, Francis B. Groff, [Patteric] Smyth, Thomas R. Johnson, [Amos] Groff, Michael Shea, Samuel Newport, John C. Stone, Ephraim Potts, George Bellamey, Newton Egan, James W. Malone, William Morrison, Thomas McMorrison, Dennis Malone, T. W. Waters, Cheyney H. Pusey, Oliver Caldwell, R. M. Caldwell, Robert W. Moore, Jonathan McMichael, Emanuel D. Waters, James Barnes Jr., Thomas M. Gryder, John B. Hess, John Kennedy, J. S. Jordan, Jeremiah Herr, Jackson Towson, John Findley, Thomas Arnold, Edward J. Hewes, Allen S. Steele, Henry Harner, John W. Fisher, William A. Towson, Enos Evans, James Barnett, William Barr, John Tennant, N. N. Heneil, Edward F. Heneil, J. H. Bryan, Samuel Fisher, Henry M. Ewing, [Elihu] H. Wells, Benjamin H. Witmer, Henry McCann, A. B. Stone, Samuel Broome, Samuel L. Fisher, John Trimbel, Robert W. Moore, Edward McCaa, John Rogers, Anthony Deaver, Cuningham Atikson, Henry Rogers, Lewis Hilton, R. L. Wharton, William T. Wilson, Samuel Cuming, Benjamin Burgess, Christopher M. Hess, George Aument Jr., John Lutz, Daniel D. Hess, Jonathan M. Bushong, James Lowry, James Shank, Benjamin Musser, Westly Philips, William J. Steel, David Stefel, A. Bear, Andrew Lee, Vincent Burkins, Robert M. Cohick, Charles T. Todd, M. Watson, Eli Moore, John Burgin, A. J. Ferguson, Benjamin Brooks, [unknown signature], Jacob Hauk, Daniel R. Hilton, Vincent Reynolds, Thomas Moderwell, Thomas Cully, J. McMichael, William Wescott, Elias Hess, Lewis Jefferis, Mortica Hamond, Isaac Moris, Benjamin F. Sides, S. J. Hamilton, James Duncan, Peter Smyth, Jacob L. Kirk, Archibald Brown, William P. Pusey, H. D. Hildebrand, William Miller, Benjamin Finley, Richard Ward, G. S. Savery, Lewis Todd, Benjamin Brogan, William K. Brown, Hezekiah Freeston, [unknown signature], Samuel C. Marshall, John McKinley, John Steward, Thomas McKinley, John Gallighar, John M. Bishop, Samuel Seipel, Edward Buckman, William Bear, [Wayne Mohr], [unknown signature], Allen Kline, William C. Buckman, John Brown, James W. Allen, John Hoover, Peter Caldwell, James McKinley, Felix W. Sweigert, [Jeremiah] Kirk, S. McConkey, H. J. McIntire, Harrison Hammond, [Elwad H. Done], Clark Philips, john Harveston, James Trimble, Samuel McMichal, Michel Philips, John Hiltibrand, John McColgen, B. R. Watson, Jacob Bear, M. Pharoah, Jacob Hecklar, Thomas Pusey, William Moore, John Harrar, Nathan Watson, George Wishower.
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Signers of petition: Henry Pinkerton, George M. Steinman, W. Whiteside, D. W. Patterson, Reah Frazer, John P. Myer, M. H. Locher, J. C. Van Camp, Charles Gillespie, William T. Amweg, L. Richards, Henry M. Reigart, P. G. Eberman.
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Lately kept by [ ] Hallacher, licensed to C. B. Hartman.
Located in the Northwest Ward on the West King Street.
April term.
Signers of petition: Jacob Myers, Peter McConomy, Watson H. Miller, George Keller, George Ford, William B. Fahnestock, H. Scherff, Godfried Zahm, M. Carpenter, Charles Boughter, J. Frey, Daniel Harman.
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Signers of petition: Thomas Grosh, Jacob Rohrer, Peter B. Rohrer, Conrad Garber, Benjamin Workman, Jacob Gamber, John Huber, Peter Graybill Jr., David Grube, John S. Hostetter, John B. Bossler, Henry Landis.
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Signers of Petition: Robert F. [Jouze], David Watson, E. Hallowell, Emmor [Himber], F. Hipple, Jacob Foreman, Alexander Cowan, R. S. Currey, John Hauck, Samuel Keller, John McNeill, George Whissler.
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Signers of Petition: Andrew Wade, Robert Richardson, William S. Campbell, Robert Robison, George Keller, A. Campbell, [signature in German], Michael Kauffman, Henry Ober, Jacob Auxer, Henry Frank, William Wilson.
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Signers of Petition: George H. Horning, Charles Rees, James O'Neal, Joseph Shutter, Jacob Sheffey, David Bowman, Isaac Etter, Philip Oldweiler, Frederick Oldweiler, Abraham Green, Jacob Miller, John C. Klein.
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Located on Elliot's Island in the Susquehanna River, opposite the town of Bainbridge.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Smith Jr., Joseph Horst, Leonard Clemson, Jacob Siple, F. Hipple, John Ekel, Michael Balsley, R. S. Currey, Nicholas Siple, John Hamilton, John W. Hamilton, James Eagan.
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Signers of Petition: George Blattenberger, Robert H. Jones, Jacob Foreman, John McNeill, Alexander Cowan, Joseph Horst, David Watson, R. S. Currey, John Ekel, John Jones, Emmor Kimber, F. Hipple, Stephen P. Camp, Jacob Funk, Nicholas Ward, Michael Balsley.
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Signers of Petition: John Jones, Henry Haldeman, Joseph Hill, Daniel Haldeman, David Watson, Henry Fogelsong, Joseph Horst, John Hamilton, Henry Rendebaugh, Charles Segrave, Michael Balsley, Rudolph Miller, F. Hipple, R. S. Currey.
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Signers of Petition: James Bryan, Frederick Byrode, A. Greenawalt, David Watson, Christian Martin, Jacob Kauffman, Samuel Redsecker, J. Henry Bohn, Gainer Peirce, Jacob [Gelhard], John Rhoads, Isaac Redsecker, George Redsecker, John Maglauchlin, Conrad Smith, Jacob Redsecker.
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Signers of Petition: Samuel Redsecker, Israel Kurtz, Charles [Ebbecket, Robert Richardson, Cyrus H. Ober, Thomas Curtis, John S. Gish, [signature in German], Andrew Wade, George Redsecker, Samuel Harmoney, James Bryan, John Rhoads, Isaac Bauman, Jacob Redsecker, A. Campbell.
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Signers of Petition: John Bender, A. Campbell, Michael Hoffman, John Bohn, Jacob Redsecker, J. Henry Bohn, Daniel Hoffman, Andrew Wade, John Maglauchlin, James Mackey, Charles [Ebbecke], Samuel Redsecker, James Bryan.
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Signers of Petition: George Blattenberger, Robert F. Jones, Samuel Keller, David Watson, Jacob Foreman, Emmor Kimber, John Ekel, Henry McNair, John Silley, David Miller, Benjamin Musselman, R. S. Currey, F. Hipple, John W. Hamilton, John Jones, John Hamilton, Charles Segraves, Jacob Siple, Samuel Vaughen.
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Signers of Petition: Bernard Waltz, Wallace Taylor, Thomas Peart, Jacob Manny, James O'Neal, Jacob Sheffey, Joseph Diller, Joseph Sherbone, John Lippart, John Segraves, John Welsh, Cornelius Kelly.
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Signers of Petition: George Blattenberger, R. S. Currey, Robert F. [Jouze], John Hamilton, Emmor Kimber, John Ekel, Jacob Funck, F. Hipple, Frederick Oldweiler, [unknown signature], Jacob Sheffer, Isaac Etter, [signature in German], Philip Oldweiler, David Bowman, Abraham Epler, John C. Klein.
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