Jesse James James to replace a horse, saddle, and bridle stolen as they fled the robbery of the Daviess County Savings Bank. The brothers denied the charges, saying they were not in Daviess County on December 7, the day the robbery occurred. As Frank and Jesse failed to appear in court, Smoote won his case against them. It is unlikely that he ever collected the money due. The 1869 robbery marked the emergence of Jesse James as the most famous survivor of the former Confederate bushwhackers. It was the first time he was publicly labeled an "outlaw"; Missouri Governor Thomas T. Crittenden
Westland Savings Bank were government appointed Like the other New Zealand trustee savings banks, in 1987 the bank was corporatised, became a registered bank and the shareholding vested in a local community trust. The category of savings bank being abolished in 1987 For a period the bank was known as Trust Bank Westland after the individual savings banks that operated across the country created a network known as Trust Bank. Trust Bank Westland withdrew from the Trust Bank Alliance and became simply 'Westland Bank'. However it was quickly purchased by ASB Bank as the latter sought to expand and the brand disappeared from