Too unwell for jail? Main Line’s ‘godfather of payday financing’ makes last-minute pitch to avoid lockup Solicitors for a Main Line guy dubbed the “godfather of payday financing” forced Monday to postpone the beginning of their 14-year jail term, arguing that putting the ailing 77-year-old behind pubs will be the equivalent of signing their death warrant. Charles M. Hallinan, who had been convicted a year ago in a federal racketeering instance, is fighting two aggressive types of cancer tumors and…