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
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Lancaster High School students. Names listed on back of photo: Arthur H. Bell; Walter E. Barr; Harry C. Bolenius; Ralph W. Coho; George W. Cornelius; Harold F. Diffenderfer; Charles W. Diller; Leon D. Dodge; William W. Eichler; James R. Elliott; Frederick Gasser; Ernest W. Haverstick; Eugene A. Heim; John P. Herr; William Hook; Guy H. Killian; William H. Kready; George E. Kuhlman; Walter S. Mellinger; Peter Mohr; Donald G. McCaskey; Robert Bruce McGaw; Harry P. Nolty; William P. Ostermayer; George K. Reynolds; Oliver J. Smith; Clay Sprecher; Lewis B. Sprecher; Harry A. Stauffer; Charles A. Steckman; and William H. Thompson. A number of female students are shown in the photo but their names are not listed. John P. McCaskey is seated at left in the front row.
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: N. Ellmaker, N. Simpson, J. Hiester, D. G. Eshleman, Amos S. Henderson, David Shultz, D. Killinger, Simon Stevens, Robert A. Evans, James Evans, William Ellmaker, John K. Reed, C. Kline, William D. Sprecher, Emlen Franklin.
4 items, 4 pieces
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.
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.
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.
