20669. Jellico Bank & Trust Company (Jellico, TN)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
trust company
Start Date
February 9, 1929
Location
Jellico, Tennessee (36.588, -84.127)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
f03f45a9

Response Measures

None

Description

Articles (Feb 9, 1929) refer to the Jellico Bank and Trust Co. as now defunct and to testimony by the bank receiver about falsified deposit certificates tied to fraud. No article describes a depositor run; the bank had been closed and placed in receivership (defunct). Classified as suspension_closure (suspension leading to permanent closure/receivership) with bank-specific adverse information (fraud) as underlying cause.

Events (2)
1. February 9, 1929 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
Moore was charged with using the mails to defraud in deals involving the now defunct Jellico Bank and Trust Co.; government based its case on about $100,000 worth of deposit certificates ... which the bank receiver testified were falsely entered in the books.
Source
newspapers
2. February 9, 1929 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
the now defunct Jellico Bank and Trust Co. ... the bank receiver testified were falsely entered in the books.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. February 9, 1929 Bristol Herald Courier Bristol, TN
Article from Bristol Herald Courier, February 9, 1929

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Article Text

CONVICT ATTORENY OF FRAUD CHARGE N. Moore, Knoxville lawyer, was found guilty in U. District court today. Judgment was reserved pending filing of motion for new trial. Moore was charged with using the mails to defruad deals involving the new defunct Jellico Bank Trust Co. The government is basing its case on about $100,000 worth of deposit certificates made out to N. Moore, by Trim Moore, which the bank receiver testified were falsely entered in the books.

2. February 9, 1929 Morristown Gazette Mail Morristown, TN
Article from Morristown Gazette Mail, February 9, 1929

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Article Text

Convicted Of Misuse of Mails Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 9.-J. N. Moore, Knoxville, lawyer, was found guilty in U. S. district court Friday. Judgment was reserved pending filing of motion for a new trial. Moore was charged with using the mails to defraud in deals involving the now defunct Jellico Bank and Trust Co. The government based its case on about $100,000 worth of deposit certificates made out to J. N. Moore by J. Trim Moore, which the bank receiver testified were falsely entered in the books.