NRS-2830 | Depositions [Bowraville Court of Petty Sessions]

These papers are those of the proceedings of the Court, in its jurisdiction over less serious criminal matters and minor civil complaints. Cases are numbered and / or listed as they are received by the Court although usually some time elapses before a case is heard.Initially the papers were given an annual running number with charge and summons cases being numbered in separate sequences. The papers are arranged by these numbers and therefore also roughly arranged by date. This arrangement continues until the 1950s. From that time each case was given a running number with an alphabetical prefix. The papers are filed by this number regardless of when the case is heard. The arrangement changes again in the 1960s.Papers for each day are tied into bundles, which are usually prefaced by a list of the cases set down to be heard that day. The list details case number (usually a daily number), name of defendant, offence, name of informant, and result. In later years it also gives the date of birth of the defendant, tape number and counter number. The cases are listed by category which includes: Charge cases (fresh and remand), Summons cases, Children's Court cases, Wardens Court cases, Licensing Court cases, Liquor Court cases, Small Debts matters and Industrial Magistrates Court cases. Larger, busier courts often created whole bundles of traffic matters. Some courts also hold records of cases heard before Justices of the Peace; these often related to drunkenness.Papers for each case may include charge and summons sheets, statements of evidence presented to the Court, bench sheets, arrest forms and police interviews, pre-sentence reports, bail papers, community service orders, notices of appeal to higher courts, warrants, interview transcriptions, records of proceedings, sworn statements, subpoenas, Certificates of convictions, accident reports, information (general purpose) papers, noxious plant and animal notifications, declarations, correspondence, receipts, applications for summons, language sheets, fingerprint records, records of exhibits, occasionally exhibits, sureity forms relating to fines and recognizances.After 1974 country Courts of Petty Sessions commenced tape recordings of proceedings. From then transcriptions began to be made of only a number of cases in certain circumstances: committals for trial at a higher Court; if an appeal was to be lodged; or if there was a request for a copy of the proceedings by either of the parties involved.The previous complete paper record began to be replaced by a charge and summons sheet, transcriptions of certain cases, and the tape recordings of proceedings.In 1980 the continuing destruction of the tape recordings was authorised (1) and in 1995 authorisation was given for Depositions 1983 onwards to no longer be required as State archives. (2)1959-66 (Armidale 41/12 part-13), 1967 (Armidale 41/18 part), 1968, Feb 1969 (Armidale 41/59 part). 4 boxes (part).Endnotes(1) Archives Authority of NSW. Disposal Recommendation DR 2517, 1980.(2) Archives Authority of NSW. Disposal Recommendation DR 5342, 1995.Note:This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

本批档案为法院审理轻罪案件（less serious criminal matters）与小额民事申诉（minor civil complaints）的诉讼记录（proceedings of the Court）。案件按法院收案顺序编号并/或列表登记，但通常案件开庭审理前会间隔一段时间。早期档案采用年度流水号（running number）编号，其中指控案件与传票案件分别使用独立的编号序列。档案即依此编号排序，因此也大致按时间顺序排列，该编号规则延续至20世纪50年代。自此时起，每起案件将被赋予带有字母前缀（alphabetical prefix）的流水号，档案将依此编号归档，而不受案件实际开庭时间的影响。该编排规则在20世纪60年代再次变更。
每日庭审档案将被捆扎成卷，卷首通常附有当日待审案件清单。清单详细列明案件编号（通常为当日编号）、被告人姓名、所涉罪名、举报人姓名及裁判结果。后续版本的清单还会增加被告人出生日期、录音带（tape recordings）编号与计数器编号。案件按类别列表登记，类别包括：指控案件（新案与还押案件）、传票案件、儿童法庭（Children's Court）案件、典狱长法庭案件、牌照法庭（Licensing Court）案件、酒类法庭（Liquor Court）案件、小额债务（Small Debts）事项及工业裁判法院（Industrial Magistrates Court）案件。规模更大、业务更繁忙的法院通常会单独整理交通案件卷宗。部分法院还留存有太平绅士（Justices of the Peace）审理案件的记录，此类案件多涉及醉酒相关事宜。
单起案件的档案材料可能包括：指控与传票文书（charge and summons sheets）、提交法庭的证据陈述（statements of evidence）、庭前案件记录表（bench sheets）、逮捕表格（arrest forms）与警方讯问记录（police interviews）、判决前调查报告（pre-sentence reports）、保释文书（bail papers）、社区服务令（community service orders）、向上级法院提起的上诉通知书（notices of appeal）、逮捕令/搜查令（warrants）、讯问笔录（interview transcriptions）、庭审记录（records of proceedings）、宣誓证词（sworn statements）、法庭传票（subpoenas）、定罪证明书（Certificates of convictions）、事故报告（accident reports）、通用告知文书（information (general purpose) papers）、有害动植物通报（noxious plant and animal notifications）、声明书（declarations）、往来信函（correspondence）、收据（receipts）、传票申请（applications for summons）、语言记录页（language sheets）、指纹记录（fingerprint records）、证物记录（records of exhibits），偶尔还会附有实物证物（exhibits），以及与罚款及具结担保相关的担保书（sureity forms relating to fines and recognizances）。
1974年起，乡村治安法院（country Courts of Petty Sessions）开始对庭审过程进行录音。此后仅在特定情形下才会制作转录文本（transcriptions）：包括移交上级法院审理的羁押案件（committals for trial）、拟提起上诉的案件，或案件任意一方提出庭审记录副本索取请求的情形。此前完整的纸质档案开始被指控与传票文书、特定案件的转录文本及庭审录音带所替代。
1980年，相关机构获批销毁部分庭审录音带（1）；1995年，获批自1983年起的证言笔录不再需纳入州档案馆（State archives）馆藏（2）。
本批档案包含1959-1966年（阿米代尔41/12 第13部分）、1967年（阿米代尔41/18 部分）、1968年、1969年2月（阿米代尔41/59 部分）的档案，共4箱（部分批次）。
注释
(1) 新南威尔士州档案馆（Archives Authority of NSW）。销毁建议（Disposal Recommendation）DR 2517，1980年。
(2) 新南威尔士州档案馆（Archives Authority of NSW）。销毁建议（Disposal Recommendation）DR 5342，1995年。
备注：本描述摘录自《新南威尔士州档案馆简明指南（Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales）》2000年第3版。