NRS-11150 | Charge books [Brunswick Heads 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 Brunswick 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.Endnote1. Police Rules, Nos. 360-361 and 369, NSW Government Gazette No.49, 1 March 1862, pp.498-499.

1862年颁布的《警务条例》（Police Rules）明确要求留存指控簿（Charge book），用于记录针对囚犯的指控事项、指控性质、被指控者姓名以及囚犯的相关财物。（1）本数据集系列涵盖布伦瑞克警察局（Brunswick Police Station）留存的指控簿。其中单条指控的登记详情包含：指控编号、逮捕时间与指控录入指控簿的具体时刻；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、国籍；犯罪性质简要说明；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；看守室管理员/站警长与搜查警员的签名；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、保释现金金额或担保物情况，以及保释表格收据编号；若未获保释，则需记录从牢房释放的日期与时间；案件处置详情，包括裁判官姓名及处置日期；以及备注信息（通常为释放相关细节或是否被移送至其他监狱）。总体而言，随时间推移，登记条目逐渐趋于简略，但条目格式与所收集的信息类型始终保持一致。约自1950年起，指控相关登记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）。约自20世纪80年代起，各警察局的指控簿开始按时间顺序从“1”起赋予卷号。注释1. 《警务条例》第360-361、369条，《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。