Located on the Philadelphia and Lancaster turnpike road.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: A. Lightner Henderson, Samuel Houston, Thomas Henderson, James Paul, Robert Wilson, Amos Clemson, Davis Clemson, Jacob Mast, Adam Hoar, Henry Lambert, J. G. Henderson, James Houston, Benjamin F. Houston, J. M. Miller.
Second Sheet: John C. Mickle, James H. Houston, Davis Clemson, Daniel Plank, Jacob Mast, Amos Clemson, Samuel Houston, Thomas Henderson, J. G. Henderson, Reuben Haines, Henry Lambert, Lytle Skiles, Henry Skiles.
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Signers of Petition: Benjamin F. Houston, James Humphrey, J. G. Henderson, James Paul, Daniel Trout, Rees C. Himes, Enoch Passmore, Samuel Houston, John Patrick, James H. Houston, James Hemphill, C. M. Miller.
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Signers of Petition: Thomas Henderson, Samuel Houston, Joshua Chamberlin, Enoch Passmore, David Henderson, Jacob [Swartzenelder], Daniel Plank, Benjamin F. Houston, J. G. Henderson, James H. Houston, A. Lightner Henderson, William Henderson, Matthew Henderson, Davis Clemson, Williams Levingston.
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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.
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.
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.
