Located on road leading from Lancaster to Manheim, four miles from Lancaster.
April Term.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: Henry Pickel, Jacob Frick, Lenard Fidler, Jacob Kauffman, John Swar, Christian Huber, Christian Strenge, Jacob Mayer, John Bachman, and one other.
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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.
Signers of petition: Philip Lefever, Finley Ewing, John Kindig, John B. Kreider, C. W. Shaub, David Landis, Peter B. Weaver, Christian Huber, Samuel Row, Martin Meylin, George Hasting, John Eshelman.
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Signers of petition: Henry M. [Garber], George Hitzelberger, Jacob Tenfel, Bernhart Haag, [signature in German], Valentine Weber, Jacob Barnhart, Peter Janson, William Koegel, John Haag, Benedick Boos, Joseph Hart, Jacob Foltz, Henry Hess, [signature in German], Franz Shere, Michel Herman, [signature in German].
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