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of the people. He begins to write down the names of children 
when they are 3 or 4 years old. 
7. ec Oc lowing meuang ” [alt lo-ang mining] Superintendent of 
Police. 
8. “ Oc louang vang” [ak lo-ang wang] Governor of the Palace. 
9. “ Oc lo-uang peng ” [ak lo-ang p,heng] Keeper of Criminal 
Law records and pronouncer of a judge’s sentence on a convicted 
person. 
10. “ Ak lo-ung clang ” Store keeper. Agent for the King in 
private mercantile transactions. 
11. “ Oc louang cauca ” Inspector of foreigners. e£ Oc counne 
cocng” Provost. 
12. “ Oc Counne prayabaat” Keeper of the Prisons or Cages 
of bamboo. 
13. “ Oc eounne narim ” Governor of the Elephant Train. 
14. “ Oc counne nai rang” Surveyor for Elephants. 
Officers of a Tribunal* at the capital take precedence of those of 
all other Courts in the kingdom. 
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JUSTICIARY FORMS. 
The Justiciary forms in Siam have been in part correctly defined 
by Loubere.” The whole are as follows:— 
A Petition or Memorial is presented to the judge, who gives it to 
his clerk to read. The Petition is copied and read to the Com¬ 
plainant. The original is sealed with prepared clay, and an impres¬ 
sion made on the clay by the nail of the Complainant’s finger. It is 
then laid aside. The clerk makes another copy, or rather an ex¬ 
tract or a sort of Subpoena, and sends it to the Defendant, 
The case is reported to the superior judges ; they attend whew the 
case comes on; and the Defendant is examined to see how near his 
* Because “ the right hand is more honorable than the left, the floor op¬ 
posite to the door more honorable than the sides , the sides more than the 
wall where the door is, and the wall w hich is on the right hand of him t hat sits 
on the floor, more honorable than that on his left hand $ in the tribunals no 
persons sit on the bench which is fixed to the wall directly opposite to the 
door, except the President who alone has a determinative voice. 
w The Councillors (Counsellors) who only have a consultative voice arc 
seated on the lower benches along the side w alls, and the other officers along 
the wall of the side where the door is.” —M. dc la Loubere Siam, p 5b. 
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