Signers of petition: J. S. Breneman, J. Foreman, Robert H. Jones, John Y. Horst, John Hummel, Jacob Haldeman, John Douglass, James Hawthorn, John Shearrer, Frederick Smith, Christian Engle, J. S. Snyder, John Haldeman, Simon M. Engle, David Eshleman, John Myers, Samuel Ney Sr., William Retherford, George Hackenberger, Peter Hackenberger.
3 items, 3 pieces
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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: George Brenberger, John Miller, Christian Brenneman, Daniel Huber, Jacob [Gaton], Abraham Miller, Martin Meyers, Howard Dance, Daniel Brenneman, Christian Leichty, William Brenneman, Thomas Robinson.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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