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: Amos B. Henderson, John K. Reed, Lewis Sprecher, Thomas E. Franklin, Simon P. Eby, William B. Wiley, J. B. Livingston, [ ] Lightner, Isaac E. Hiester, James Evans, W. Carpenter, E. H. Yundt, W. W. Brown.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Located in the North East Ward, on East King Street.
January term.
Signers of petition: Edward C. Darlington, Nathaniel Ellmaker, Newton Lightner, [ ] M. Kline, Levi Swope, Walter G. Evans, J. W. Wilson, [ ] McClure, C. Kline, [K.] Killinger, Reuben S. Rohrer, Christian Widmyer, John L. Thompson, David Espenshade, Zuriel Swope.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Located in the Northeast Ward, on East King Street.
Signers of Petition: Edward Darlington, J. N. Ellmaker, Zuriel Swope, David Killinger, C. Kline, Emlen Franklin, Robert A. Evans, E. M. Kline, R. McClure, Daniel Swope, N.Ellmaker, James Evans, Newton Lightner, W. G. Evans, William Cox.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.