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If the true owner has entrusted it to someone to sell, who, instead of selling, pawns it, the pawner is protected in taking it as security.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney

If there is any surplus, arising from the sale, he must pay it to the pawner, and not apply it on another debt that he may owe the pawnee.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney

The pawner was a large, clean-shaven man of clerical appearance.

From The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Lastly the pawner is liable for any deficiency after the sale of the thing pawned, unless released by statute.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney

Subject to the pawnee's claim, the pawner has the same right over the article pawned as he had after pawning it, and may therefore sell and transfer his interest as before.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney