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1,871. Reference : MM-1-21-511

Inspection tour

| June 18-20, 1969. Moerman joined the inspection tour for the judges of the Supreme Court from Bangkok, and noted various issues of interest. First, a reception was organized and endorsed by Bun Song as acting host, and officials and dignitaries in Nan province attended the reception. Second, the judges visited the Provincial Court of Nan and listened to problems with the work; for example witnesses did not come to testify and the number of attorneys was not high enough. Third, there was a foundation stone laying ceremony for a new building. Fourth, the judges traveled to see and to observe the work the Provincial Court of Phare. Fifth, the judges wanted to visit the work of the provincial court, and they wanted to know about the judges who were stationed in various provincial courts. It played an influential role in promotion or transfer. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

1,872. Reference : MM-1-21-512

Inspection tour

| June 17, 1969. Moerman joined and observed the preparation of the welcoming ceremomy for judges from the Supreme Court who would conduct a court inspection of the Provincial Court in Chiang Mai. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

1,873. Reference : MM-1-21-513

Farewell banquet

| April 23, 1969. Moerman was invited to join the farewell party for the judges, Wichit and Tawil. He noted many interesting issues. For example, those who graduated from abroad would have better opportunity for faster promotion than those who graduated in the country. Second, the court played an important role as the "last resort of the people." Third, the ability and experience of the work of Wichit and Tawil was also mentioned. Fourth, expectations about the work of a judge, Miphat were also cited. Fifth, the case of police who beat a minor, who was a relative of the candidate in the general election in Lamphun province. Miphat sentenced the officer on changes of assault. If it had been a charge of an abuse of function, they would have been heavily penalized. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

1,874. Reference : MM-1-21-514

Farewell Party to the judges

| March 21, 1969. Moerman and Joe O'Neil co-organized a farewell party for the judges. He noted several interesting issues. First, they shared experience and ideas about sex. Second, the atmosphere in the party was delightfully filled with conversation, and there were dirty jokes and obscene gestures. Third, outside of government service time, each judge had a normal life, like other people. Fourth, Duang used his power to call a young girl in the shop to sit for a drink. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

1,875. Reference : MM-1-21-515

Welcoming the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry

| March 18, 1969. Tawil and Sasom went to receive the Permanent Secretary (Justice?) at the airport. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

1,876. Reference : MM-1-21-516

The death sentence

| June 19, 1969. Sansern told that Thais were Buddhists who were gentle-hearted. Many judges were proud that they had never sentenced someone to death. But Sansern considered the death sentence as part of the job and that a judge should follow the law. When Sansern was young, he used the death penalty in the case of a man who was accused of murder. However, the case was without witness testimony. Sansern was afraid that his decision was wrong, and he had thus never read the appeal of the lawsuit. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

1,877. Reference : MM-1-21-517

The credibility of witnesses

| April 29. The witnesses in civil cases were less credible than the witnesses in criminal cases. In civil cases, the witnesses of each party may lie to the court. Observation of the witnesses was needed in conjunction with their testimony. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

1,878. Reference : MM-1-21-518

The court trial

| April 4, 1969. Miphat talked to Moerman about various issues of judgment such as the right of the accused to be appointed an attorney to help defend the lawsuit or the difficulty in finding offenders in the case of hiring someone for murder. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

1,879. Reference : MM-1-21-519

The trial judge

| December 13, 1968. The judges complained that the work of prosecutors did not always focus on the evidence. Police work, on the contrary, was concerned with evidence from the begining of the investigation process. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

1,880. Reference : MM-1-21-520

Judges on court proceedure.

| December 11, 1968. There were differences in the process of collecting witness testimonies. For example in Nan province, a witness would agree to questions from interrogators. But in Bangkok, witnesses who were well educated often showed disagreement with the question or even gave false testimony. December 10, 1968. The judge must not publish any information of a case outside of the court. The judgment must be on the basis of testimony and the opinions of the witnesses, which were honest and trustworthy. Dec 19, 1968. The attorneys felt confident about the judge's assessment of testimony reliability. They rarely examined the words of the witness. And during the trial, there was no debate about law, not because of the laziness of the lawyers, but the judge knew better. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman