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: Daniel A. Altick, Frederick Sener, Joseph F. Altick, Frank Stahl, G. H. Hartman, A. B. Kaufman, [ ] Ranninger, H. E. Muhlenberg, Henry C. Sehner, A. McGinnes, John Sehner, [B. F. Rauch].
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Signers of petition: Daniel Altick, A. McGinnes, John Sehner, William Bell, [Hananiah Rankin], Jacob Fetterly, W. M. Wiley, Jacob Sener, Eli Overdeer, A. B. Kaufman, Christian Myer, William Long.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
