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

2201. 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

Welcoming the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry

2202. 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

The death sentence

2203. 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

The credibility of witnesses

2204. 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

The court trial

2205. 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

The trial judge

2206. 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

Judges on court proceedure.

2207. Reference : MM-1-21-521

Legal judgments

| January 17, 1969. In the case of a missing buffalo, Miphat was of the opinion that Kamnan (the sub-district headman) should ask the plaintiff about the thieves. Then he could provide information to the police in pursuit of the culprits. Thawee took a lot of time in the court hearing because he provided a lot of information. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Legal judgments

2208. Reference : MM-1-21-522

Court procedure according to the law .

| January 15, 1969. In the court procedure of a lawsuit, the judge must analyze the credibility of the witness testimony, because some witnesses may help the accused. If the testimony was false, there should be punishment. The judge must also write notes of the analysis into the case notebook, so that the attorney could use the data in an appeal. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Court procedure according to the law .

2209. Reference : MM-1-21-523

Court procedure according to the law

| January 7, 1969. Moerman asked Penthip about appeal cases. The filing of appeals was limited, meaning that not all cases could be appealed. In addition to civil lawsuit litigation, there was no need to debate on legal matters because everything was clearly defined by law already. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Court procedure according to the law

2210. Reference : MM-1-21-524

Diary 28 May 1969

| May 28, 1969. Tom Ward and Dennis Brennan provided interesting information. For example, first, if there had been more field radio, the Lao side would fight better in this war. Second, he mentioned the amount to be paid if someone wanted to order the killing in Phrae province. Third, they talked about the way in which freshmen at work should conduct themselves. Fourth, even though the judges were very young, everyone should pay respect to them during the trial. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Diary 28 May 1969