NRS-17701 | Charge books [Beresfield 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 Beresfield 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》确立了留存指控簿（Charge Book）的法定义务，用于记录针对囚犯的控告事由、控告性质、被控告者姓名，以及囚犯的相关财物。(1)本系列馆藏贝里菲尔德警察局（Beresfield Police Station）的指控簿，其中涉及控告的详细信息包括：控告编号；逮捕与将控告记录入指控簿的时间、时刻；被控告人的个人信息，涵盖姓名、住址、出生日期及地点、身高、职业/行当、国籍；犯罪性质简要说明；控告举报人（通常为警员）的全名及住址；囚犯随身查获的财物，以及囚犯财物登记簿参考编号；拘留所管理员、驻站警长与执行搜查的警员的签名；逮捕警员姓名；检察官签名；若囚犯已获保释，则需记录保释时间、时刻、保释命令签发人、保释金金额或担保形式，以及保释单据编号；若未获保释，则需记录从拘留所释放的日期与时刻；案件处置结果，包括处置日期与治安法官姓名；以及其他备注（通常为释放详情，或转监至其他监狱的相关信息）。整体而言，随时间推移，簿内条目愈发简略，但条目格式与收录的信息类型始终保持一致。约1950年起，控告相关条目开始采用年度单序号编号，年份可标注在单序号之前或之后（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”开始的卷号。纸质指控簿于1990年至1994年间逐步被在线警务系统取代。1994年，计算机化警务操作系统（COPS, Computerised Operational Policing System）正式启用，此前的过渡系统为在线控告记录系统（Online Charging Records System，1990-1995），作为COPS部署阶段的备用支撑系统。尾注1. 《警察规程》第360-361、369条，载于《新南威尔士州政府公报（NSW Government Gazette）》第49号，1862年3月1日，第498-499页。