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 let your son go with me he will do very well in America and send you plenty of money bye and bye." He said several times, in the hearing of the boy, that America was a good place, and that they would make plenty of money there, and that they were going to make money for him. The boy was to work, and all the money he was to give to the defendant. The defendant was to take the boy to Chicago and teach him music, and from Chicago he would take him further. This was said in the presence of the parents. They told the defendant not to ill-treat the boy and to feed him properly, and that if they should get a letter from him saying that he was not properly treated they would come and take him away. It was then agreed that the defendant should give the father 80 ducats, and that the boy should go with the defendant for four years and be fed and clothed by him, and taught music. The boy went to Marseilles, and there the defendant found him. On the way to New York, in the steamer, the defendant said to the boy: "Let us pray to God that we can pass through New York all right. After that I will teach you music." He gave the boy a paper with an address in New York where to go, and told him not to let himself be seen by any officer for they might arrest him, and if any one asked him what he was going to do not to say that he was going with a padrone. He also told him if any one asked what his business was to say that he was a printer, and if they asked where he was going to say that he was going to Montreal, and if they asked to whom, to say that he was going to an uncle. He did not have an uncle in Montreal.

The statute of Italy of December 21, 1873, referred to in the charge of the court to the jury, was put in evidence. Portions of the charge of the court to the jury were excepted to by the defendant. One portion of the charge was as follows: "In connection with the evidence in respect to the arrangement made in Italy, it will be important for you to consider the law of Italy relating to the employment of children in wandering professions. But it must be remembered that the accused is not on trial for violating the law of Italy, and cannot be found guilty by you because of any violation