NRS-23848 | Charge books [Willow Tree 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 Willow Tree 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.EndnotePolice Rules, Nos. 360-361 and 369, NSW Government Gazette No.49, 1 March 1862, pp.498-499.

1862年《警察规则》（Police Rules of 1862）明确规定，需留存指控登记簿（Charge books），用于记录针对囚犯的指控内容、指控性质、被指控者姓名，以及囚犯的相关财物。(1)本数据集系列涵盖柳树镇警察局（Willow Tree Police Station）的各类指控登记簿。与指控相关的详细信息具体包括：指控编号；逮捕时间、指控录入指控登记簿的日期与时刻；被指控人的个人身份信息，涵盖姓名、住址、出生日期与地点、身高、职业、国籍；犯罪行为性质的简要说明；举报人（通常为执勤警员）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；公诉人签名；若囚犯获准保释，则需记录保释日期与时刻、保释命令签发主体、保释金金额或担保物，以及保释表格收据编号；若未获保释，则需记录从羁押牢房释放的日期与时刻；案件最终处置结果，包括治安法官姓名与处置日期；以及备注栏内容（通常为释放详情，或转押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。大约自1950年起，指控相关条目开始采用年度单编号编制规则，年份可标注在单编号之前或之后（例如42/1、2/54或87/3）。
大约自20世纪80年代起，各警察局的指控登记簿开始按时间顺序赋予从1开始的卷册编号。
纸质指控登记簿在1990年至1994年间逐步被在线系统替代。
1994年，警用计算机化作战系统（COPS system, Computerised Operational Policing System）正式启用，此前于1990年至1995年运行的在线指控记录系统（Online Charging records system）作为该系统上线过渡期的备份工具使用。

尾注
《警察规则》第360-361、369条，《新南威尔士州政府公报（New South Wales Government Gazette）》第49期，1862年3月1日，第498-499页。