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COURTS OP JUDICATUAE, 
held courts. There are no schools for law in Siam, any officer of 
the required rank may become a judge, however ignorant he may be 
of the law, and accordingly the King finds it requisite to issue fre¬ 
quent orders to enforce the study of the Kot pjird ay ahum on all 
engaged in distributing justice. Many of the officers noted in this 
list occasionally held appointments unconnected with law, but the 
truth is, a Siamese officer must do what he is ordered, however in¬ 
congruous with his previous habits the specific avocation may be. 
The two great law officers are 
2 | P,hra Satsadee, or judges of the right and left hand. 
Chau Pjhrcea Yommaraat is supreme judge under the King in 
criminal matters. 
P,hra P,hoottha-ong, supreme judge in the ecclesiastical court. 
P,hra Sadet, Governor of the city; who settles common matters re¬ 
lating to the Priesthood. 
A bench in the San Loang or supreme court is seldom composed 
of more than eight judges, and Councillors.* Those which follow 
are noticed in the Kot P,hra Ayakaan (digest) after it has been 
ordered that the Chau Krom and Palat Krom , two officers of high 
rank, “will see that the nation is made acquainted with the laws,” 
Assembled in the San Loang. 
1 . 
P,hra K,bro P,hee raam, President 
2. 
Lo-ang Yaana p,hak,kaat 
3. 
Lo-ang Thepp,ha Rachada 
4. 
Lo-ang Tjhammasaat 
5. 
K,buii Raafc P,hanit ehai 
6 . 
K,hun Ayacliak 
J. 
K,hun Loang P,hra krai sec f 
8. 
K,hun Rateha recthariou 
9. 
K,hiin T,lieppha aya 
4 - The whole tribunal properly consists only of a single officer, for he 
alone has the deliberate voice, while all counsellors have only a consultative 
voice. 
“ The President is the Governor, and after the Commander of the Garri- 
sons of his district (Commanding in Chief.”)—M. dc ia Louberc, p. 82 
