NRS-11678 | Charge books [Nowra 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 Nowra 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《警务规程（Police Rules）》首次确立了留存指控簿（Charge book）的义务，用于记录针对囚犯的指控事由、指控性质、被指控人姓名及囚犯所持有的各类财物。
(1) 本数据集包含瑙拉（Nowra）警察局的指控簿档案。指控条目所涵盖的详情包括：指控编号、逮捕时间与时刻、指控录入指控簿的时间与时刻；被指控人的个人信息，涵盖姓名、住址、出生日期及地点、身高、职业、国籍；犯罪行为性质的简要概述；举报人（通常为警员）的全名及住址；囚犯随身查获的财物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；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、保释金金额或保证人信息，以及保释单收据编号；若未获保释，则记录从羁押牢房释放的日期与时间；案件处置情况，包括审理法官姓名及审理日期；以及备注栏内容（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，指控条目的细节逐渐简化，但条目格式与采集的信息类型仍保持一致。
约1950年起，指控相关条目开始采用年度单序号编号规则，年份可标注于单序号之前或之后（例如：42/1、2/54或87/3）。约20世纪80年代起，各警察局的指控簿开始按时间顺序赋予从“1”起始的卷号。
纸质指控簿于1990年至1994年间逐步被线上系统取代。1994年正式启用计算机化警务作战系统（Computerised Operational Policing System，简称COPS），此前于1990年至1995年上线了线上指控记录系统，作为COPS正式上线前的临时备份系统。
尾注1. 引自1862年3月1日新南威尔士州政府公报第49期第498-499页，《警务规程》第360、361及369号。