Show A case of usury in london A london shylock recently attached the salary of a teacher for debt for borrowed money the teacher gave ta the lc folio following wins statement which showy show that usury is not yeta yet a lost art in august 1886 1 borrowed xa 5 only of a mr louis of ainsbury finsbury pavement who advertised verti sed to lend money on note of hand for this thi said saida 5 I 1 signed a bill at a month for LO G not meeting it at the acho ena of the month I 1 paid him ra 1 for renewal of the bill this payment of xa 1 I 1 repeated every month until january 1889 twenty eight months with two c exceptions when he increased the bill to xa 8 but reduced the monthly interest to which I 1 paid regularly until december 1690 1800 1 I then offered and begged beg ed him to accept payment of the xa 8 by equal monthly installments he refused to do so and I 1 was advised to decline further payments subsequently he pressed me for payment offering to accept a new bill 1111 for tho the amount above and interest which I 1 was unable to mo moet meet et tience his attachment of my salary from the above statement it would appear that the teacher in question received ar 5 only paid 44 and is till in debt for an amount including interest and costs of 18 ad |