NRS-11525 | Charge books [Lithgow 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 Lithgow 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》（Police Rules）首次规定需留存指控登记簿，用以记录针对囚犯的指控事项、指控性质、被指控者姓名及任何囚犯的随身财物。(1) 本系列馆藏利斯戈警察局（Lithgow Police Station）的指控登记簿。与指控相关的详细信息包括：指控编号；拘捕时间与将指控登记入簿的日期及时刻；被指控者的个人信息，涵盖姓名、住址、出生日期及地点、身高、职业、国籍；犯罪性质的简要概述；举报人（通常为警员）的全名与住址；囚犯随身查获的财物及囚犯财物登记簿的参考编号；看守所管理员/站警与搜查警员的签名；拘捕警官姓名；检察官签名；若囚犯获得保释，则需记录保释日期与时刻、保释下令主体、保释金金额或担保人信息，以及保释表单的收据编号；若未获保释，则记录其从牢房释放的日期与时间；案件处理结果，包括裁判日期及裁判官姓名；以及备注信息（通常为释放详情或转监至其他监狱的相关内容）。

总体而言，随时间推移，登记簿条目愈发精简，但条目格式与收录的信息类型始终保持一致。约自1950年起，指控相关条目开始采用年度单序号编号，年份可标注于单序号之前或之后（例如42/1、2/54或87/3）。约自20世纪80年代起，各警察局的指控登记簿开始按时间顺序赋予从"1"开始的卷号。

纸质指控登记簿约于1990至1994年间逐步被在线系统取代。1994年，计算机化警务操作系统（Computerised Operational Policing System，简称COPS）正式启用；在此之前的1990至1995年间，曾上线在线指控记录系统作为COPS系统上线的临时备份系统。

尾注1：《警务条例》（Police Rules）第360-361条及第369条，刊载于1862年3月1日新南威尔士政府公报第49期，第498-499页。