e/Tilleke & Gibbins

Information
has gloss	eng: Tilleke & Gibbins is Thailand's oldest law firm, started in 1890 by Mr. William Alfred Tilleke. In 1893, Mr. Tilleke, a Ceylonese, gained recognition when he successfully defended Phra Yot Muang Kwang, a Thai provincial governor, who had been accused of murdering a French military officer by shooting him in his bed while ill. The case was utilized as a political excuse to further the expansion of French Imperialism in Asia . In the face of colonial pressure by the French and before a French Court conducted in Thailand, Tilleke exonerated Phra Yot through affirmative evidence and a forced recantation on cross examination by one of the main witnesses for the French prosecution. Mr. Tilleke was later appointed the second Attorney General of Siam, and honored by H.M. the King to eventually become Maha Ammart Tho Phraya Attakarn Prasiddhi. He was also the co-founder with G.W. Ward of the Siam Observer, the first daily newspaper in Thailand. Mr. Ralph Gibbins, an Englishman, joined the firm in 1902 and later became a legal advisor in the Siamese Ministry of Justice, and then a judge of the International Court in 1916.
lexicalization	eng: Tilleke & Gibbins
instance of	c/Law firms established in 1890