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Law on maniac

| May 23, 1969. Penthip released an insane person who illegally carried a gun without penalty. This was because he considered that the man to be mentally unbalanced. However if it is a serious crime, the state of the person would need to be clinically diagnosed while he was committing the incident – to determine whether he had a mental disorder or not. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

1,952. Reference : MM-1-21-534

Law between parents - child

| Mid-May 1969. If a child committed an offense against the property of parents, the penalty would be determined as less guilty than with others. In addition, there could be negotiation and compromise. If the offense concerned the use of force on parents, the penalty would become more severe than with other people. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

1,953. Reference : MM-1-21-535

Criminal law

| May 22, 1969. According to Miphat, crimes that occurred in Thailand were more serious than those in the U.S, but they were less severe than those in Japan. Regarding the trial court, discretion was required, with careful consideration of whether the defendant was preparing to commit the crime. Yet, the law could not define the difference between those who intended to crime and those who prepared a crime. However, if the court proved that there was intention to commit a crime, the one who incited would receive the maximum penalty. Frequently, the defendant recanted testimony to the trial court, and this had the affect of making the defendant's testimony to the police investigation worthless. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

1,954. Reference : MM-1-21-536

Negligence.

| June 19, 1969. In the opinion of Sansern, Thai courts have a stricter standard of action for negligence of their safety, rather than the courts of England and the United States. But Som disagreed that the Thai court has a stricter standard of action for negligence than the American courts do. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

1,955. Reference : MM-1-21-537

Pleading guilty.

| June 18, 1969. Judge Chief in Nan province told that People who had no money often choose to confess in order to obtain a reduction in penalty. This was because defense in the court needed money from them. However, people in central Thailand rarely confessed and spent money to hire skilled lawyers in their defense or even pay bribes to police to deviate from the case. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

1,956. Reference : MM-1-21-538

The case of a bounced cheque

| Early March. There were many cases of bounced cheques. According to the law, the person who issued the cheques would have a fine imposed on them. However, many lawyers did not agree, and considered that offenders did not have an intention to pay the money. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

1,957. Reference : MM-1-21-539

Using evidence

| 29 May 1969. In trial court, the judge would not accept certain types of evidence, such as witness interviews of clients or opponents, or words that were not spoken in the court, etc. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

1,958. Reference : MM-1-21-540

Court-martial

| January 27, 1969. Suthon gave more information to Moerman about some of the cases in which the defendant was not allowed to have attorneys. Such cases had been transferred to the court-martial, for example cases related to heroin, alleged offence of communism, fishing with bombs, etc. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

1,959. Reference : MM-1-21-541

To cross-examine

| May 29, 1969. Pra Win was skilled in cross-examination. He could use a couple of questions to suppress the questions of the opposition’s witnesses. For example in the case of heroin, he questioned the police about the time a subordinate pretended to buy heroin, or if anyone had witnessed the heroin trading. These questions were just enough to allow the accused off from the allegations because they could not prove the evidence. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

1,960. Reference : MM-1-21-542

Changes in the legal profession.

| June 27. The President of the Supreme Court had told MiPat about his plan to eliminate the Minister of Justice from office. He planned to appoint a judge instead, because in his opinion the person who served as the Minister must have previously served as a judge and must be honest. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman