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.
Located on West King Street in the North West Ward.
January term.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Myers, Bartram A. Shaeffer, Watson H. Miller, George Ford, Christian Shenk, Daniel Harman, William C. Chamberlin, John Drepperd, William F. Mayer, Gilbert R. Hartley, George Ackerman, William F. Miller, Joseph Brillhart, Eli Webb, [J. Frey].
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Signers of petition: John Lorentz, William F. Miller, Gilbert R. Hartley, Samuel Kissinger, George Ackerman, David Weidler, Watson H. Miller, Bartram Shaeffer, George D. Eberman, Jacob Myers, J. Frey, Jacob Weaver, John Drepperd, Jacob Waltz.
3 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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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.
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.