Year 1958-1961

Scope and content :

1958-1961. The first field work trip of Moerman in Thailand. He spent almost 3 years to collected field data about the Lue society, tradition, culture, and daily life of Tai Lue community at Ban Phaed, Payao province. 3295 records of slide, photograph, punch card, letter, notebook, typescript, and map.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 3295 records of slide, photograph, punch card, letter, notebook, typescript, and map.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer : Donated by Michael Moerman, 2005.

System of arrangemant : The series is divided base on the periods of field work in Thailand.

Condition governing accessible and reproduce : Some restriction on access. To respect in intellectual property right, the original material (hard copy) may not allowed to access. Please contact staff if you need more information.

Creative Commons License : Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

Traditional Knowledge License : Traditional Knowledge Attribution Non-Commercial (TK A-NC)

Language : English/Thai

Script : English/Thai

Rule or convention : Collection, series and file level description based on ISAD(G)

730

Slide

41

Photograph

2433

Punchcard

51

Letter

38

Notebook

1

Typescript

1

Map

1981. Reference : MM-1-21-328

Mal Byers tells of legal cases.

| March 5, 1969. There was a case of arson in Tambon Wiang, Amphur Fang. It was caused by a defendant who did not want his brother to meet the plaintiff. They were in a severe brawl. As a result, the defendant committed arson at the plaintiff's house. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Mal Byers tells of legal cases.

1982. Reference : MM-1-21-329

Defence of policeman's grudge against a charge of heroin.

| February 17, 1969. One man was arrested on charges of heroin abuse when he went to receive souvenirs from Bangkok. However, he plead that he was arrested because he bothered one of the police during the arrest. The other defendants plead that the man did not abuse heroin. On 19 February 1969 the court clerk provided information that the wife of the man who was accused of heroin abuse had been arrested in a case of heroin trade. It was possible that the defendant might be guilty, but because of insufficient evidence, the case could not be tried. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Defence of policeman's grudge against a charge of heroin.

1983. Reference : MM-1-21-330

Murder at Phraw.

| March 7, 1969. The Office of the Public Prosecutor decided not to prosecute a case in the Court of Appeal. In the place of the crime, there was only one witness to accuse the defendant and he saw him only for a moment in dim light. It was a commonly held belief that the witness could not identify the perpetrator. In addition, the witness confirmed that the accused was drunk and unconscious. In fact, the defendant was arrested because he was stranger. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Murder at Phraw.

1984. Reference : MM-1-21-331

Murder at M.Phraw.

| February 13, 1969. It was impossible that the suspect who committed the murder slept at the home of the village headman. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Murder at M.Phraw.

1985. Reference : MM-1-21-332

Murder at M.Phraw.

| January 30, 1969. Thawee doubted that the second defendant, who was his client, was guilty, because he tried to cover up the verity, which may adversely affect the case. And Thawee believed that Nual bribed the police to smear his client. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Murder at M.Phraw.

1986. Reference : MM-1-21-333

Murder at Phraw.

| January 24, 1969. Badin and Thawee noted that during the identification of the suspect, the police did not bring the one, only witness. (event continued from the notes in the document number MM-1-21-335). | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Murder at Phraw.

1987. Reference : MM-1-13-78

House number HH81

| House number HH81 (Methaw Chang) | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

House number HH81

1988. Reference : MM-1-21-334

Murder at Phraw.

| January 24, 1969 Tawee said that in this case the essence was that the village headman needed to convince the subdistrict headman to retract his statement given to the police. In addition, the defendant also provided information that initially he suspected that Mai Nual might be a killer. But because he used bribery in order to be released, the police decided to detain the two accused who were from other places instead. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Murder at Phraw.

1989. Reference : MM-1-13-79

House number HH82

| House number HH82 (Nai Jun) | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

House number HH82

1990. Reference : MM-1-21-335

Murder in Amphur Phraw.

| January 10, 1969. Moerman observed at the trial. Thawee was the defense lawyer and Pat was the judge. The first testimony was the wife of the deceased and the second witness was the son-in-law of the deceased, he had stolen 20,000 Baht from the deceased. In the hearing at the court, the defendant was brought forward for identification by witnesses. Thawee asked the witnesses for a detailed description of the house and asked the first witness why she carried a torch, even though it was in evening. In fact, the witness testifed that she carried only a lamp, and noteably she provided accurate details regarding the defendant's clothing. The second witness did not notice the dress of the defendant when he had happened to meet the defendant. He also shared the reason he became a witness was because the police said that if he identified the accused, then he would be released. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Murder in Amphur Phraw.