State v. Mehaffey

The only question in this case is whether the Pawn Broker’s Act, G-eneral Code, Section 6337, and following sections, covers and includes the purchase of salaries and wage earnings.

The answer lies in the construction of Section 6346-1, and following sections. Section 6346-1, General Code, provides:

“It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation, to engage, or continue, in the business of making loans., on plain, endorsed, or guaranteed notes, or due-bills, or otherwise, or upon the mortgage or pledge of chattels or personal property of any kind, or of…