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.
Additional defendants: George Yeates, Thomas Masterson, Christopher Wentz, Thomas Wentz, Abraham Witmer Jr., John Barker, Adam Smith, John Hoke, George Harris.
Return, for promoting and encouraging gaming.
Warrants.
Deposition of Timothy Donavan.
Additional names: Christian Stauffer, George Hoke, Peter Shindel, Jacob Hatz.
15 items, 15 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Images used by Dr. Henry Wentz, a physician from Strasburg, for various slide lectures on the history of medicine in southern Lancaster County. See also MG-235, Henry S. Wentz, M. D. Collection.
Images used by Dr. Henry Wentz, a physician from Strasburg, for various slide lectures on the history of medicine in southern Lancaster County. See also MG-235, Henry S. Wentz, M. D. Collection.
Images used by Dr. Henry Wentz, a physician from Strasburg, for various slide lectures on the history of medicine in southern Lancaster County. See also MG-235, Henry S. Wentz, M. D. Collection.
Images used by Dr. Henry Wentz, a physician from Strasburg, for various slide lectures on the history of medicine in southern Lancaster County. See also MG-235, Henry S. Wentz, M. D. Collection.
Images used by Dr. Henry Wentz, a physician from Strasburg, for various slide lectures on the history of medicine in southern Lancaster County. See also MG-235, Henry S. Wentz, M. D. Collection.
Images used by Dr. Henry Wentz, a physician from Strasburg, for various slide lectures on the history of medicine in southern Lancaster County. See also MG-235, Henry S. Wentz, M. D. Collection.
