The employee was seventeen years of age at the time of his death and was working as a part-time employee as a gas station attendant. He was working without an employment certificate in violation of the Labor Law, hence the double compensation. The only question presented by this appeal is the rate of compensation. The Workmen's Compensation Board properly considered evidence of wage expectancy under subdivision 5 of section 14
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