NRS-18186 | Charge books [Walcha Road 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 Walcha Road 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年版《警察规程》（Police Rules）规定了留存指控簿（Charge books）的义务，用于记录针对囚犯的指控事项、指控性质、被指控者姓名，以及囚犯的随身财物。(1)本系列数据集涵盖沃尔查路警察局（Walcha Road Police Station）的指控簿档案。簿内收录的指控相关细节包括：指控编号、逮捕与将指控录入指控簿的日期及时刻；被指控者的个人信息，包括姓名、住址、出生日期及出生地、身高、职业、国籍；犯罪性质的简要概述；举报人（通常为执勤警员）的全名及住址；囚犯随身查获的财物与囚犯财物簿参考编号；看守所管理员与警署警长（Station Sergeant）、搜查警员的签名；逮捕警官姓名；检察官签名；若囚犯获准保释，需记录保释日期与时刻、保释命令签发主体、保释金金额或担保人信息，以及保释单据编号；若未获准保释，则需记录从羁押牢房释放的日期与时刻；案件处置详情，包括处置日期及裁判官姓名；以及备注信息（通常为释放细节或转监至其他监狱的相关情况）。总体而言，随时间推移，簿内条目细节逐渐简化，但条目格式与所采集的信息类型始终保持一致。约1950年起，指控相关条目开始采用年度单编号编制格式，编号年份可置于单编号之前或之后（例如42/1、2/54或87/3）。约20世纪80年代起，各警察局的指控簿开始按时间顺序赋予从'1'开始的卷号。纸质指控簿于1990年至1994年间逐步被在线系统替代。1994年，计算机化警务操作系统（Computerised Operational Policing System, COPS）正式启用，其前置系统为1990年至1995年运行的在线指控记录系统（Online Charging records system），该临时系统作为COPS部署阶段的备用系统使用。尾注1：《警察规程》第360-361、369条，载于1862年3月1日《新南威尔士政府公报》（NSW Government Gazette）第49期，第498-499页。