VPRS 2490 Court of Petty Sessions/Magistrates' Court Police/Arrest Registers

BackgroundSuccessive Justices' Acts and, more recently, Magistrates' Court Acts have required the clerk or registrar of the court to make and keep a register of all convictions, orders and other proceedings of the court. This register is the authoritative record of the court.Until about 1888 this record was usually called a Cause List Book and had a slightly different format, since then the term Register has been used.In many courts, particularly larger ones, clerks have maintained several sequences of registers according to different types of matters dealt with by the court. Police/Arrest Registers record details of criminal cases where the defendant was arrested by the police and brought by them to court. (The other main mechanism for commencing criminal cases and bringing defendants to court was by summons.)ContentPolice/Arrest Registers are generally in the same format as all other Petty Sessions Registers, giving details of the case number, the name of the prosecutor or informant, the name of the accused or defendant, how the case came to the court (in all cases this would state "arrest") the fees or court costs accrued, a description of the charge, cause or proceeding, the decision or order and any remarks. The column for remarks was often used to record the payment of fines and fees.In order to authenticate entries made in the register the presiding officer(s) of the court signed the register at the end of each day.背景 历代治安法官法案，以及近年来颁布的《治安法院法》均规定，法院书记员或登记员需制作并留存涵盖所有定罪裁决、司法命令及法院其他诉讼程序的登记档案。该登记册为法院的权威诉讼记录。 直至约1888年，此类记录通常被称为庭审案由登记簿（Cause List Book），格式与后世存在细微差异；自1888年起，统一使用登记册（Register）这一称谓。 在诸多法院，尤其是规模较大的法院中，书记员会依据法院受理的不同案件类型，维护多套序列的登记档案。其中警方/逮捕登记册（Police/Arrest Registers）用于记录由警方逮捕并押送至法院的刑事案件详情。（另一项启动刑事案件并将被告带至法院的主要方式为传票传唤。） 内容 警方/逮捕登记册的格式与其他所有简易审判庭登记册（Petty Sessions Registers）基本一致，需载明以下信息：案件编号、检察官或告发人姓名、被告人姓名、案件移送法院的方式（所有此类条目均标注“逮捕”）、产生的诉讼费用、指控事由或诉讼程序详情、裁判结果或司法命令，以及备注事项。备注栏通常用于记录罚金及诉讼费用的缴纳情况。 为确保登记册中录入条目真实有效，法院主审法官需在每日庭审结束后对登记册进行签名认证。