People ex rel. Koerner et al. v. Ridgely et al., case about which Lincoln wrote Gustave Koerner July 19, 1857, is called and continued. (Appointment of Koerner and others as trustees of State Bank of Illinois was involved.) Murder case—People v. John Bantzhouse—is set for trial next day. Wyatt and Lincoln & Herndon are defendant's attorneys. Record; Register, 13 August 1857.