NRS-11140 | Charge books [Braidwood 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 Braidwood 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《警察规程》（Police Rules of 1862）首次确立了留存指控登记簿（Charge books）的义务，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所持有的财物。本系列档案包含布雷德伍德警察局（Braidwood Police Station）的指控登记簿。
登记簿所记载的指控相关详情包括：指控编号、逮捕及将指控记入登记簿的日期与时刻；被指控者的个人信息，涵盖姓名、住址、出生日期及地点、身高、职业、国籍；犯罪性质的简要概述；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；看守所管理员与驻站警佐的签名、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，则需记录保释日期与时刻、保释命令签发人、现金担保金额或保证人信息，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，包括治安法官姓名及处置日期；以及备注栏内容（通常为释放相关详情或转至其他监狱的相关信息）。
总体而言，随时间推移，条目内容逐渐趋于简略，但条目格式与收集的信息类型始终保持一致。约自1950年起，指控相关条目开始采用年度单序号编号，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，各警察局的指控登记簿开始按时间顺序赋予从“1”开始的卷号。
注释1. 《警察规程》第360-361条及第369条，载于《新南威尔士政府公报》（NSW Government Gazette）第49号，1862年3月1日，第498-499页。