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

2081. Reference : MM-1-21-389

Murder of Nang Can thiem.

| Chan Thiem's husband became the defendant, charged with the hiring of Captain Kongkaew to murder his wife. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Murder of Nang Can thiem.

2082. Reference : MM-1-21-390

Prawin's office. Mining lease case.

| May 29; June 3 and 14, 1969. The agreement to lease a fluoride mine that a foreign company had made to the Bureau of the Crown Property caused a problem. Because the texts in English and in Thai were not consistant with either the business benefits, company names and other agreements. Lastly, the agreement was modified as follows: 1) The company may terminate the operation immediately if it was incapable of pursuing the work without waiting up to 90 days; 2) The company was willing to change its name to be consistent; 3) The company shall not claim reimbursement from the Bureau of Crown Property. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Prawin's office. Mining lease case.

2083. Reference : MM-1-21-391

Case of man pleading guilty to carrying gun on palace grounds, but protesting part of the charge.

| February 17, 1969. The defendant was arrested on the charge of carrying a weapon into the royal court without permission (in the area of Doi Suthep) and assaulted a woman. He admitted his mistake on the charge of carrying weapons, but he denied the charge of assault. He claimed that the act was self-defense. The trial court decided to conduct the lawsuit again in March. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Case of man pleading guilty to carrying gun on palace grounds, but protesting part of the charge.

2084. Reference : MM-1-21-392

Observations in khwen court office.

| March 26 -28, 1969. Aroonrat (assistant researcher of Moerman?) collected data on various court cases. There were issues of interest including 1) the one who was drunk and caused a quarrel and fight in a bar; 2) a group accused of breking and entering the houses of others to steal property. The court pronounced imprisonment for a year; 3) regarding a case on prostitution, the court sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of 50 baht each, 4) the case on a man who was a heroin user and broke and entered the homes of others for the purpose of theft; 5) The case of a brick craftsman who was drunk and assaulted a tricyclist. Because the defendant's boss vouched for the defendant's conduct, the court penalty was lightened by order of suspension; 6) the case of illegal pig butchery. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Observations in khwen court office.

2085. Reference : MM-1-21-393

Theft case in khweng court.

| June 4, 1969. Khanet's client was sued by the owner of a bicycle, which was bought by hire purchase from the company where he had worked. The allegation was that he took the bicycle without permission. However, according to Khanet, the plaintiff had no installment payment, and the owner had filed the lawsuit. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Theft case in khweng court.

2086. Reference : MM-1-21-394

A case of larceny.

| April 3, 1969. Moerman attended a hearing for a case of the misappropriation of company assets amounting to 100,000 U.S.D. Usually, a case such as this one would be conducted as a civil lawsuit. But because of large value of the misappropriated funds, it was filed as a criminal prosecution. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

A case of larceny.

2087. Reference : MM-1-21-395

A sink falls on David.

| June 17, 1969. The Chiang Rai Airport staff called Moerman, asserting that his child had broken a sink in the restroom of the airport. However, Moerman disagreed and countered, saying that the sink was broken and fell on his son. The staff wanted to file a criminal prosecution because it was the director's restroom, which was open to the general public. Moerman decide to call the sheriff and Arkom. Both of them helped resolve the situation, defending Moerman by emphasizing that the airport was a public place. If there was to be a lawsuit for damages, it might be filed with the civil court, not as a criminal prosecution. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

A sink falls on David.

2088. Reference : MM-1-21-396

Bottle bomb case at Sarapi.

| June 19, 1969. Because In Pan's son admitted to provoking the incident, the court reduced the penalty to imprisonment for only three months. However, In Pan was still not satisfied with the decision. In fact there were another two defendants, but they were released without any liability. Uthai, the police who was responsible for the case, refused to submit the complaint to the court. In Pan filed letters of complaint to the Central Investigation Committee. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Bottle bomb case at Sarapi.

2089. Reference : MM-1-21-397

Bottle-bomb case.

| July 2, 1969. In Pan claimed justice for his son, who was punished solely because he caused trouble with Uthai, the police who had influence in the village. He often exploited his authority to threaten the others. In Pan's son and his friends were all captured, but his friends had been bailed out because they agreed to pay a bribe to police of 3000 baht each. But In Pan's son had not been bailed out because Uthai wanted to ‘haze’ him. This case became a fight to ‘save face’ because if two youngsters who were friends of the In Pan's son were arrested, Uthai would lose face. In addition, the penalty of In Pan's son may be reduced. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Bottle-bomb case.

2090. Reference : MM-1-21-398

Kickert's Ahka buffalo case.

| January 20, 1969. Bob told Moerman that Athu, the son of an Akha shaman, and his friends sold buffalo to Nai Mun at Ban Hinthaek. When they arrived at Nai Mun's home, they were allowed to smoke opium. However, Nai Mun called the police to arrest them and took all buffalo. Athu and the friends reported this to the police at the police station in Chiang Rai province, but the police refused to make a note in the log. So they asked for help from Bob. Athu and his friends eventually won the lawsuit and received damages of 9,800 Baht. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Kickert's Ahka buffalo case.