NRS-11439 | Charge books [Haberfield 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 Haberfield 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）首次确立留存指控登记簿的义务，用于记载针对囚犯的指控事项、指控性质、被指控人姓名及囚犯所持有的全部财物。
(1)本数据集系列收录哈伯菲尔德警察局（Haberfield Police Station）的全部指控登记簿。与指控相关的详细信息涵盖如下内容：指控编号；逮捕及将指控录入登记簿的日期与时刻；被指控人的个人信息，包括姓名、住址、出生日期及地点、身高、职业/行当、国籍；犯罪性质的简要概述；举报人（通常为执勤警员）的全名及住址；囚犯身上查获的财物及囚犯财物登记簿编号；看守室管理员/驻站中士与搜查警员的签名；逮捕警员姓名；检察官签名；若囚犯获准保释，需记录保释日期与时刻、下令保释的主体、现金或担保金额，以及保释单收据编号；若未获准保释，则记录从牢房释放的日期与时间；案件处理结果，包括治安法官姓名及办案日期；以及其他备注信息（通常为释放详情或是否被移送至其他监狱）。
总体而言，登记簿条目随时间推移愈发精简，但条目格式与收录的信息类型始终保持一致。约自1950年起，指控相关条目开始使用年度独立编号，年份可标注于编号之前或之后（例如：42/1、2/54或87/3）。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”开始的卷号。
纸质指控登记簿约于1990至1994年间逐步被在线系统取代。1994年启用COPS系统（计算机化警务操作系统，Computerised Operational Policing System），此前于1990至1995年间上线的在线指控记录系统（Online Charging records system）为其过渡备份系统。
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期，1862年3月1日，第498-499页。