NRS-17708 | Charge books [Gloucester 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 Gloucester 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.The inside cover of each volume has a list of the more important instructions that each station sergeant was required to follow when entering charges in the book. The instructions specified: completion of fingerprint information forms; the signature of the Constable searching the prisoner; special particulars required when juveniles are arrested; the duties of the Station Sergeant when a charge is refused; the classification of prisoners when placed in the cells; procedures to be followed when persons have been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol; cases in which conviction reports are prescribed; instructions as to how entries are to be set out; and procedures to follow on the arrest of foreign nationals.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 however, some stations continued to maintain paper registers.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 of 1862）首次规定需留存指控登记册（Charge books），用以记录针对在押人员的指控事项、指控性质、被指控者姓名，以及在押人员的财物情况。(1) 本系列馆藏格洛斯特警察局（Gloucester Police Station）的指控登记册。相关指控细节涵盖：指控编号、逮捕及将指控录入指控登记册的日期与时刻；被指控者的个人信息，包括姓名、住址、出生日期及地点、身高、职业、国籍；犯罪性质简要说明；举报人（通常为警员）的全名及住址；在押人员身上查获的财物及在押人员财物簿参考编号；看守所管理员/站警长（Station Sergeant）与搜查警员的签名；逮捕警官姓名；检察官签名；若在押人员获得保释，需记录保释日期与时刻、保释命令签发方、现金或担保物金额，以及保释单据收据编号；若未获保释，则记录从牢房释放的日期与时间；案件处理结果，包括治安法官姓名及处理日期；以及备注（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，条目内容逐渐简化，但条目格式与收集的信息类型保持一致。每卷卷宗的内封页均列有站警长在录入指控条目时需遵守的重要规程。该规程明确：需填写指纹信息表格；搜查在押人员的警员需签名；逮捕青少年时需记录的特殊细节；指控被驳回时站警长的职责；在押人员被关押入牢房时的分类标准；针对醉酒驾驶指控人员的处理流程；需出具定罪报告的案件类型；条目录入的格式规范；以及逮捕外籍人士时需遵循的程序。约1950年起，指控条目开始使用年度单编号，年份可标注在单编号之前或之后（例如：42/1、2/54或87/3）。约20世纪80年代起，各警察局的指控登记册开始按时间顺序以“1”为起始编号赋予卷号。1990年至1994年左右，纸质指控登记册逐步被在线系统取代。1994年正式启用警用计算机化作战系统（COPS, Computerised Operational Policing System），此前于1990年至1995年推行的在线指控记录系统（Online Charging records system）作为过渡系统，用于辅助该系统的部署，但部分警局仍保留纸质登记册。附注1：《警察规程》第360-361及369号，载于1862年3月1日《新南威尔士州政府公报（NSW Government Gazette）》第49期，第498-499页。