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UNITED STATES ». ANCAROLA. 677 �term whatever, and every person who shall knowingly and ■wilfully hold to involuntary service any person so sold and bought, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and on conviction thereof be imprisoned for a term not exceeding five years, and paya fine not exceeding $5,000." �Under this statuts an indictment was found in this court against the defendant, charging, first, that he unlawfuUy, feloniously, knowingly, and wilfully brought into the United States, to-wit, into the city and county of New York, in the state of New York, one Francesco Libonati, a person who had theretofore been inveigled in the kingdom of Italy, with intent to hold said Libonati in confinement, and to an in- voluntary service of begging and of playing on musical instru- ments. A second count was like the first, substituting "forcibly kidnapped" for "inveigled." A third count was like the first, substituting "inveigled and forcibly kidnapped" for "inveigled." A fourth count charged that the defendant unlawfully, feloniously, knowingly, and wilfully held to an involuntary service of begging and playing on musical instru- ments one Francesco Libonati, a person who had theretofore been unlawfully and knowingly sold by certain persons, to the jurors as yet unknown, into a condition of involuntary servi- tude for a term of four years and six months, and had been theretofore, by the said Ancarola, bought for the service and servitude aforesaid, and for the term aforesaid, of the persons aforesaid. A fifth count was like the third count, except that it charged the intent of the defendant to be to hold Libonati to an involuntary service. �Two other indictments, with the same charges, were found against the defendant, except that one of them related to a person named Michele Quirino, and the other to a person named Giosue Givrieri. The three indictments came on for trial before this court, held by Judge Benedict, and a jury, and were consolidated by the court under the provisions of section 1024 of the Eevised Statutes, and one trial was had on them as so consolidated. The jury found the defendant "guilty of the several offences charged in the indictments." The defendant now moves on the minutes of the trial, as ��� �