130:. De Lanessan demanded a retrial, proposing that Phra Yot be brought before a mixed Franco-Siamese court with extraterritorial jurisdiction. The court derived its authority from the Franco-Siamese convention of 1893, an agreement that the two countries had concluded in October 1893. Siam accepted de Lanessan’s demands. Three French judges traveled from Saigon to Bangkok and heard the case alongside two Siamese judges, and the court sat from June 4 to June 13, 1894. They overturned the prior panel’s decision, ruling 3 – 2 along national lines that Phra Yot be sentenced to 20 years imprisonment and penal labor.
97:, his mission being to wrest control of the area from Phra Yot. On the 18th of May, Luce presented himself before Phra Yot and demanded that Phra Yot relocate to the southern Laotian city of Outhene; Luce offered to accompany Phra Yot on the journey. Phra Yot reluctantly agreed, and according to French sources, wrote a conciliatory letter addressed to Luce. On May 26, 1893, a French Inspector of Militia, Grosgurin, was ordered to escort Phra Yot from Khammouane to Outhene alongside a number of Annamese militiamen and a Cambodian interpreter.
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spreading alarm amongst villagers by defaming and vilifying
Grosgurin and his forces. In response, Grosgurin’s men seized Luang Anurak in a move that the French deemed a non-hostile measure to prevent further conflict. A week later, on June 5, 1893, Grosgurin was killed. French investigators argued that Phra Yot set fire to Grosgurin’s lodging while the inspector was asleep and recovering from an illness. The fire also claimed the lives of several Annamese militiamen and the Cambodian interpreter.
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Interior Ministry. A new form of administrative division called the monthon (circle) – a larger collection of several provinces – was created. A formal scheme to educate the newly constituted civil service was also introduced. These reforms were the brainchild of influential intellectual and advisor to the King, Prince
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Shortly thereafter in 1885, he was promoted to the position of Major and royally bestowed the title Phra Yot Muang Kwang in recognition of his service. The ministry also transferred him to the post of
Governor of Khammouane. He was responsible for the towns of Ban Nape, Khamkeut, Nakay, Pak Piboon, and Kieng Chek, all situated along the border with the French Protectorate of Annam.
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February 24 to March 16, 1894. The panel of judges ultimately acquitted the former governor, ruling that he was not guilty of the charges that the petitioners had brought forth. He was subsequently freed and released, much to the
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Yodpetch entered the civil service as an assistant to the
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accused Phra Yot of homicide, claiming that he had killed an ailing and defenseless
Grosgurin. Pavie raised the matter with King Chulalongkorn and demanded Phra Yot stand trial. He also suggested that Prince Bijitprijakara, the king’s half-brother and commander of Siam’s forces in the northeast,
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