NRS-11242 | Charge books [Charlestown 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 Charlestown 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.The inside cover of each volume has a list of the more important instructions that each station sergeant was required to follow when entering charges in the book. The instructions specified: completion of fingerprint information forms; the signature of the Constable searching the prisoner; special particulars required when juveniles are arrested; the duties of the Station Sergeant when a charge is refused; the classification of prisoners when placed in the cells; procedures to be followed when persons have been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol; cases in which conviction reports are prescribed; instructions as to how entries are to be set out; and procedures to follow on the arrest of foreign nationals.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《警务规则》（Police Rules）规定需留存指控登记簿（Charge book），用于记录针对囚犯的指控、指控性质、被指控者姓名以及任何囚犯的财物。(1)本系列包含查尔斯顿警察局（Charlestown Police Station）的指控登记簿。与指控相关的详细信息包括：指控编号；逮捕及将指控录入指控登记簿的日期与时刻；被指控者的个人详情，涵盖姓名、住址、出生日期及地点、身高、职业/行当以及国籍；犯罪性质的简要概述；举报人的全名及住址（通常为警员）；囚犯身上查获的财物以及囚犯财物簿的参考编号；看守所管理员/站警长与搜查警员的签名；逮捕官员姓名；检察官签名；若囚犯获得保释，则记录保释日期与时刻、保释命令签发人、现金或担保金额以及保释单收据编号；若未获保释，则记录从牢房获释的日期与时间；案件处理结果，包括治安法官姓名及处理日期；以及备注（通常为释放详情或是否被移送至其他监狱）。
总体而言，随时间推移，条目内容愈发简略，但条目格式与收集的信息类型始终保持一致。
每卷卷宗的内封面均列有站警长在簿册中录入指控时需遵循的重要指令清单。这些指令包括：填写指纹信息表格；搜查囚犯的警员签名；逮捕青少年时需记录的特殊详情；指控被驳回时站警长的职责；囚犯被收押时的分类标准；针对醉酒驾驶指控人员的处理流程；需出具定罪报告的案件情形；条目录入格式规范；以及逮捕外国国民时的处理流程。
约自1950年起，指控相关条目开始采用年度单编号格式，年份可记录在单编号之前或之后（例如：42/1、2/54或87/3）。约自1980年起，各警察局的指控登记簿开始按时间顺序从1开始分配卷号。
约1990年至1994年间，纸质指控登记簿逐步被在线系统取代。1994年上线了计算机化警务操作系统（Computerised Operational Policing System，简称COPS），在此之前的1990年至1995年期间，曾使用在线指控记录系统（Online Charging records system）作为COPS上线前的过渡备份系统。
尾注1. 《警务规则》第360-361条及第369条，载于新南威尔士州政府公报（NSW Government Gazette）第49期，1862年3月1日，第498-499页。