NRS-11385 | Charge books [Finley 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 Finley 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《警务条例》（Police Rules of 1862）首次明确要求留存指控登记簿（Charge books），用于记录针对囚犯的指控事由、指控性质、被指控者姓名，以及囚犯的随身财物。(1)本数据集收录芬利警察局（Finley Police Station）的指控登记簿。其中，单条指控记录包含以下细节：指控编号；逮捕时间、指控录入登记簿的时间与时刻；被指控人的个人信息，包括姓名、住址、出生日期与地点、身高、职业、国籍；犯罪性质的简要说明；举报人（通常为警员）的全名与住址；囚犯随身查获的财物及囚犯财物登记簿的参考编号；看守所管理员与站警长的签名；逮捕警官姓名；检察官签名；若囚犯获准保释，需记录保释的时间与时刻、保释命令签发主体、保释金金额或担保人信息，以及保释单据编号；若未获准保释，则需记录从羁押牢房释放的日期与时刻；案件办理结果，包括治安法官姓名与办理日期；以及备注信息（通常为释放详情或转监至其他监狱的相关说明）。
总体而言，随时间推移，记录细节逐渐趋于简化，但记录格式与采集的信息类型始终保持一致。约自1950年起，指控记录开始采用年度单序号编号规则，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。
纸质指控登记簿于1990至1994年间逐步被在线记录系统取代。1994年，计算机化警务操作系统（COPS, Computerised Operational Policing System）正式上线，此前的过渡系统为在线指控记录系统（Online Charging records system，1990-1995），该系统作为计算机化警务操作系统部署期间的备份工具运行。
尾注1. 《警务条例》第360-361、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。