1) John Alspach, Henry Gross, William Rippen, John Muscatnuss. Charged with selling liquor without a license.
2) William Anderson, soldier of the 5th Pennsylvania Regiment. Charged with stealing clothing, property of Elizabeth Minns. Additional names: Stephen Martin, Margaret Groscop, Catharine Offner.
3) John Hoffman. Charged with stealing. Additional names: Adam Wilhelm, George Stoner, George Yentz.
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Treasurer's Return, recommended persons for liquor license.
Lancaster Borough: George Frasher, Henry Gross, John Wentz, Joseph Weaver, William Geer. Donegal Twp.: George Ricksecker, Andrew Moore, Hugh Wilson, Daniel Kroll. Little Britain Twp.: John Heard. Manor Twp.: Michael Rinehard. Strasburg: Catharine Barge.
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A writ of habeas corpus is a procedure for obtaining a judicial determination of the legality of an individual's custody. This collection includes petitions for writs of habeas corpus and the writs themselves, showing the names of petitioners, persons to be brought to court, nature of dispute or alleged crime, dates of writs and accompanying documents, names of judges, and names of persons that the writs are filed against. Petitioners include indentured servants, Freedom Seekers, free persons of color, convicted prisoners, those awaiting trial, relatives of prisoners, parties in child custody disputes, and relatives of army recruits and draftees.