NRS-11772 | Charge books [Richmond 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 Richmond 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 of 1862）首次规定需留存控罪登记簿以记录针对囚犯的控罪详情、控罪性质、被控人姓名及任何囚犯随身财物。(1) 本数据集系列涵盖里士满警察局（Richmond Police Station）的控罪登记簿。单条控罪的登记详情包括：控罪编号、逮捕时间与将控罪登记至登记簿的时间及时刻、被控人的个人信息（含姓名、住址、出生日期与地点、身高、职业、国籍）、犯罪性质简要说明、线人（通常为警员）的全名与住址、囚犯随身查获的财物及囚犯财物簿参考编号、看守室主管/站警长与搜查警员的签名、逮捕警官姓名、检察官签名；若囚犯获得保释，需记录保释日期与时刻、保释命令签发人、保释金金额或担保物、保释单据编号；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，含治安法官姓名与处理日期；以及备注（通常为释放详情或转监至其他监狱的相关信息）。总体而言，随时间推移，登记条目愈发简略，但条目格式与收集的信息类型始终保持一致。约1950年起，控罪相关条目开始采用年度单编号规则，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，各警察局的控罪登记簿开始按时间顺序赋予从'1'开始的卷号。1990年至1994年间，纸质控罪登记簿逐步被在线系统取代。1994年，计算机化警务操作系统（COPS, Computerised Operational Policing System）正式上线，此前的过渡系统为在线控罪记录系统（Online Charging records system, 1990-1995），该系统作为计算机化警务操作系统部署期间的备用系统使用。尾注1. 《警察规程》第360-361及369条，载于《新南威尔士州政府公报》第49号，1862年3月1日，第498-499页。