NRS-12026 | Charge books [Woy Woy 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 Woy Woy 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《警察规程（Police Rules）》首次规定了留存指控簿（Charge books）的义务，用于记录针对囚犯的指控、指控事由、被指控者姓名以及囚犯的相关财物。(1) 本数据集包含沃伊沃伊警察局（Woy Woy Police Station）的指控簿档案。单条指控记录包含以下内容：指控编号；被捕时间与指控登记入簿的时刻；被指控人的个人详情，包括姓名、住址、出生日期与地点、身高、职业/行当、国籍；犯罪事由简要概述；举报人（通常为警员）的全名与住址；囚犯随身查获的财物以及囚犯财物簿的参考编号；看守所管理员/站警与搜查警员的签名；逮捕警官姓名；检察官签名；若囚犯获得保释，则需记录保释的时间与时刻、保释命令签发人、保释金数额或担保物，以及保释单收据编号；若未获保释，则需记录从牢房释放的日期与时间；案件处理结果，包括治安法官姓名与处理日期；以及备注信息（通常为释放详情或是否被移送至其他监狱）。
总体而言，随时间推移，条目内容逐渐趋于简化，但条目格式与所收集的信息类型始终保持一致。约自1950年起，指控相关条目开始使用年度单个编号，年份可记录在单个编号之前或之后（例如42/1、2/54或87/3）。约自20世纪80年代起，各警察局的指控簿开始按时间顺序从“1”起赋予卷号。
纸质指控簿于1990年至1994年左右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，COPS）正式启用，在此之前的1990年至1995年期间，曾使用在线指控记录系统（Online Charging records system）作为COPS部署的临时备份系统。
尾注1：《警察规程》第360-361条与第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。