NRS-17785 | Depositions [Khancoban Court of Petty Sessions]

These papers are those of the proceedings of the Court in its jurisdiction over less serious criminal matters and minor civil complaints.Cases are numbered and/or listed as they are received by the Court although usually some time elapses before a case is heard. Initially the papers were given an annual running number with charge and summons cases being numbered in separate sequences. In the 1960s this arrangement changes to each case being given a running number with an alphabetical prefix. The papers are filed by this number regardless of when the case is heard.Papers for each case may include charge and summons sheets, statements of evidence presented to the Court, bench sheets, arrest forms and police interviews, pre-sentence reports, bail papers, community service orders, notices of appeal to higher courts, warrants, interview transcriptions, records of proceedings, sworn statements, subpoenas, certificates of convictions, accident reports, information (general purpose) papers, noxious plant and animal notifications, declarations, correspondence, receipts, applications for summons, language sheets, fingerprint records, records of exhibits, occasionally exhibits, sureity forms relating to fines and recognizances.

本批档案均为该法院诉讼程序相关文件，涵盖其管辖的较轻刑事案件与小额民事申诉案件。案件将按照法院收案顺序进行编号或列档，尽管通常案件历经一段时长后方可开庭审理。最初，此类档案采用年度流水编号规则，其中指控案件与传票案件各自采用独立的编号序列。20世纪60年代，该编号规则调整为所有案件统一分配带有字母前缀的流水号，档案将按照该编号进行归档，与案件实际开庭时间无关。单份案件档案可包含以下材料：指控与传票文书、提交法庭的证据陈述书、法官备审要点表、逮捕文书、警方讯问记录、判决前调查报告、保释文书、社区服务令、向上级法院提起上诉的通知书、搜查令/逮捕令、讯问转录笔录、庭审记录、宣誓证词、传唤传票、定罪证明书、事故报告、通用信息文书、有害动植物通报、声明文件、往来函件、收据、传票申请文书、语言文件、指纹记录、证物登记记录、偶尔附带的实物证物，以及与罚款及具结担保相关的保证人担保文书。