Signers of petition: Christian B. Herr, Jacob K. Shenk, Benjamin Landis, Jacob Seitz, Jacob Bausman, Adam S. Dietrich, Christian H. Charles, J. R. Barr, Samuel Christ, A. Oliver Newpher, Jacob F. Frey, G. C. Hawthorn, C. B. Herr, P. W. Hiestand, Jacob Brenner, George Kahler, Emanuel Herr, John Herr.
Bond: Jacob K. Shenk, Christian B. Herr.
Receipt.
Letter of support: George W. Withers, Jacob Christ, Henry Kahler, Jacob Bletz, Henry W. Hackman, D. S. Bare, L. M. Hobbs, Charles Denues, John Denlinger, J. Wickersham, Abraham Bausman, Jacob M. Frantz.
Notice.
Depositions: George Gerlach, Jacob K. Shenk, John F. Stoddard, Robert T. Cornwell, Henry C. Hern, Jacob R. Barr, Jacob Immel, Charles J. Rhodes, John Eschbach, John L. Slater, Samuel Christ.
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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.
