Jellico Bank & Trust Company (Jellico, TN)

Episode Information

Episode Type
Suspension โ†’ Closure
Start Date
February 26, 1926
Location
Jellico, Tennessee (36.588, -84.127)
Bank Type
trust
Routing Number
87-0539

Metadata

Notes

OCR in 1926 clipping is garbled; it indicates assets frozen and the bank placed in receivership.

Events (3)

1. February 26, 1926 Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Assets frozen ($150,000) leading to bank being placed in receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Frozen $150,000 Gives Bank to Receiver Tenn. The Jellico Bank and Trust ... has been placed the hands of the result
Source
newspapers
2. February 26, 1926 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
The Jellico Bank and Trust ... has been placed the hands [of a receiver] (assets frozen $150,000).
Source
newspapers
3. February 9, 1929 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
deals involving the now defunct Jellico Bank and Trust Co.; bank receiver testified were falsely entered in the books
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (3)

Article from The Waco News-Tribune, February 26, 1926

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Article Text

Frozen $150,000 Gives Bank to Receiver Tenn. The Jellico Bank and Trust which has total resources of pany, has been placed the hands of the result 000 in notes being present


Article from Bristol Herald Courier, February 9, 1929

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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.


Article from Morristown Gazette Mail, February 9, 1929

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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.