VPRS 2468 Court of Petty Sessions/Magistrates' Court Police (Arrest) Registers

Background: Successive Justices' Acts and, more recently, Magistrates' Court Acts have required the clerk or registrar of the court to make and keep a register of all convictions, orders and other proceedings of the court. This register is the authoritative record of the court.Until about 1888 this record was usually called a Cause List Book and had a slightly different format, since then the term Register has been used.In many courts, particularly larger ones, clerks have maintained several sequences of registers according to different types of matters dealt with by the court. Police/Arrest Registers record details of criminal cases where the defendant was arrested by the police and brought by them to court. (The other main mechanism for commencing criminal cases and bringing defendants to court was by summons.)Content: Police/Arrest Registers are generally in the same format as all other Petty Sessions Registers, giving details of the case number, the name of the prosecutor or informant, the name of the accused or defendant, how the case came to the court (in all cases this would state "arrest") the fees or court costs accrued, a description of the charge, cause or proceeding, the decision or order and any remarks. The column for remarks was often used to record the payment of fines and fees.In order to authenticate entries made in the register the presiding officer(s) of the court signed the register at the end of each day.

背景：历次《治安法官法》及近期出台的《治安法院法》均要求法院书记员或登记员制作并留存所有定罪记录、法院判令及其他诉讼程序的登记册。该登记册为法院的权威档案记录。直至1888年左右，此类记录通常被称为案由清单簿（Cause List Book），格式略有差异；1888年之后便统一使用“登记册”这一称谓。在诸多法院，尤其是规模较大的法院中，书记员会依据法院受理的不同案件类型，维护多套分类登记册。警方逮捕登记册（Police/Arrest Registers）用于记录由警方逮捕并押送至法院的被告人所涉刑事案件的详细信息。（另一种启动刑事案件并将被告人带至法院的主要方式为传票传唤。）
内容：警方逮捕登记册的格式与其他所有治安法庭登记册（Petty Sessions Registers）基本一致，包含以下详细信息：案件编号、公诉人或控告人姓名、被告人姓名、案件进入法院的方式（所有此类条目均会标注“逮捕”）、产生的各项费用及诉讼费、指控事由或诉讼程序的说明、法院裁决或判令，以及任何备注信息。备注栏通常用于记录罚金及各项费用的缴纳情况。为确保登记条目的真实性，法院主审官员需在每日结束时在登记册上签字。