NRS-12024 | Charge books [Woolgoolga Police Station]

Police Rules of 1862 introduced the obligation to keep Charge books to record charges against prisoners, the nature of the charges, the names of those charged as well as any prisoner's property. (1)This series consists of Charge books from the Woolgoolga Police Station.Details pertaining to the charge itself included: the charge number; the date and hour of both the apprehension and the recording of the charge in the Charge book; personal details of the person being charged including name, address, date and place of birth, height, calling/occupation, and nationality; a short summary of the nature of the offence; the full name and address of the informant (usually the constable); any property found on the prisoner and the prisoner's property book reference number; signatures of the watch house keeper / Station Sergeant and the searching Constable; name of apprehending officer; signature of prosecutor; if the prisoner was bailed (date and hour, by whose order, amount of cash or surety, and bail form receipt number); if not bailed, the date and time of discharge from cells; how the case was disposed of including date and name of magistrate; and any remarks (usually details of discharge or if sent to another prison).In general entries became less detailed over time but the format of the entries and the type of information collected remained similar.From around 1950 annual single numbers began to be used for entries relating to charges though the year may have been recorded either before or after the single number (eg. 42/ 1, 2/54 or 87/3). From around the 1980s charge books for each police station were given volume numbers from '1' onwards, in chronological order.Hardcopy charge books were gradually replaced by online systems between approximately 1990 and 1994. The COPS system (Computerised Operational Policing System) was introduced in 1994, preceded by the Online Charging records system (1990-1995), an interim system used as a back-up for the implementation of COPS.Endnote1. Police Rules, Nos. 360-361 and 369, NSW Government Gazette No.49, 1 March 1862, pp.498-499.

1862年《警务条例》规定，警方有义务留存控告记录簿（Charge books），以记录针对囚犯的指控、指控性质、被指控者姓名及囚犯的任何财产情况。
(1)本系列包含伍尔古尔加警察局的控告记录簿。
关于指控本身的详细信息包括：指控编号；逮捕及控告记录簿中指控记录的日期和时间；被指控者的个人详情（含姓名、地址、出生日期及地点、身高、职业/行业、国籍）；犯罪性质的简要概述；举报人的全名及地址（通常为警员）；囚犯身上发现的任何财产及囚犯财产簿参考编号；看守所长/警署警长及搜查警员的签名；逮捕警官姓名；检察官签名；若囚犯被保释（日期和时间、由谁下令、现金或担保人金额、保释表格收据编号）；若未保释，牢房释放的日期和时间；案件处理结果（含治安法官的日期和姓名）；以及任何备注（通常为释放详情或是否送往另一监狱）。
总体而言，随着时间推移，记录内容的详细程度有所降低，但记录格式及收集的信息类型保持相似。
约从1950年起，针对指控的记录开始使用年度单一编号，不过年份可记录在单一编号之前或之后（例如：42/1、2/54或87/3）。约从1980年代起，各警察局的控告记录簿按时间顺序被赋予从‘1’开始的卷号。
约在1990年至1994年间，纸质控告记录簿逐渐被在线系统取代。COPS系统（Computerised Operational Policing System）于1994年引入，此前（1990-1995年）使用的是在线指控记录系统，该系统作为COPS实施的备份临时系统。
尾注1. 《警务条例》第360-361条及第369条，新南威尔士州（NSW）政府公报第49期，1862年3月1日，第498-499页。