NRS-11565 | Charge books [Mayfield 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 Mayfield 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》（Police Rules）首次明确规定需留存指控登记簿（Charge books），用于记录针对囚犯的指控事项、指控性质、被指控者姓名及囚犯的个人财物。

（1）本数据集系列涵盖梅菲尔德警察局（Mayfield Police Station）的指控登记簿。指控相关的完整登记信息包括：指控编号、逮捕及将指控录入登记簿的日期与时刻、被指控人的个人详情（含姓名、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登记簿编号、看守所管理员/站警与搜查警员的签名、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、保释金数额或担保物，以及保释收据编号；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；以及备注栏内容（通常为释放相关详情或移送至其他监狱的相关信息）。

总体而言，登记簿条目随时间推移愈发简略，但条目格式与收集的信息类型始终保持一致。约自1950年起，指控条目开始使用年度单编号规则，年份可标注于单编号之前或之后（例如42/1、2/54或87/3）。约自20世纪80年代起，各警察局的指控登记簿开始按时间顺序从“1”起赋予卷号。

纸质指控登记簿约于1990至1994年间逐步被在线系统取代。1994年正式启用计算机化警务操作系统（COPS, Computerised Operational Policing System），此前于1990至1995年间推行的在线指控记录系统（Online Charging records system）作为COPS上线的过渡备份系统曾被使用。

注释1：《警察规程》第360-361及369条，刊载于《新南威尔士州政府公报》第49期，1862年3月1日，第498-499页。