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TILIiMOBB P. MOOBB. 235 �some rough treatment, which he bas exaggerated, and in tbis action, except for wrongs the consequence of which have resulted in pecuniary loss to the mother, no recovery ean be had. The testimony of the libellant and the physician who treated Johnson establish that he returned home badly crip- pled with frost-bitten feet and hands, and suffering the effects of a very severe cold, ail the resuit of exposure, and that he required careful nursing and treatment for two months, and six months afterwards, at the time of the hearing, was not entirely well. It also appears that of the seven dollars a month he was to reçoive the seven dollars advance went to the men who procured him for shipment, and nearly ail the balance was retained by the master to pay for the neceSsary clothing Bupplied to him during the winter, so that when he was discharged there was coming to him in money only $3.76. He brought none home with him. �The pecuniary loss to the mother bas been the expense and labor she bas been put to in curing her son of the sickness brought on by bis exposure, and the loss of bis eamings and services consequent upon bis abduction and subsequent disa- bilities. �As ail the parties concemed are in very humble circum- stances, it is not my purpose to award any large sum as damages. A large sum would more than compensate the mother for aotual pecuniary loss, and would probably be ruin- ons to the respondent. Under ail the circumstances I think $150 the proper sum to be allowed. ����