NRS-11969 | Charge books [Wentworth Falls 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 Wentworth 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）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事项、指控性质、被指控者姓名及囚犯的随身财物。（1）本数据集系列涵盖温特沃斯警署（Wentworth Police Station）的指控登记簿。

单条指控记录包含如下详细信息：指控编号；拘捕及指控登记至登记簿的日期与具体时刻；被指控者的个人身份信息，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概述；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及囚犯财物登记簿的参考编号；看守所管理员/站警长及搜查警员的签名；拘捕警员姓名；检察官签名；若囚犯获得保释，需记录保释日期与时刻、保释命令签发主体、现金或担保金额，以及保释单据收据编号；若未获保释，则需记录从牢房释放的日期与时间；案件处置结果，包括裁判官姓名及处置日期；以及备注栏（通常记录释放详情或移送至其他监狱的相关信息）。

总体而言，随时间推移，条目内容渐趋简略，但记录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码规则，年份可标注于单编号之前或之后（例如：42/1、2/54或87/3）。大约自20世纪80年代起，各警署的指控登记簿开始按时间顺序赋予从"1"起始的卷号。

纸质指控登记簿于1990年至1994年间逐步被在线系统替代。1994年，计算机化警务操作系统（COPS, Computerised Operational Policing System）正式投入使用，其前期过渡系统为1990年至1995年运行的在线指控记录系统（Online Charging Records System），该系统用于为COPS的部署提供备份支持。

尾注
1. 《警察规程》第360-361条及第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。