NRS-11457 | Charge books [Hornsby 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 Hornsby 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）首次明确要求留存指控登记簿，用于记录针对囚犯的指控事由、指控性质、被指控者姓名及囚犯随身财物。
(1) 本数据集系列收录霍恩斯比警察局（Hornsby Police Station）的指控登记簿。单条指控记录包含如下详细信息：指控编号；逮捕时间、指控登记至登记簿的时间与时刻；被指控者的个人详情，包括姓名、住址、出生日期与地点、身高、职业、国籍；犯罪行为性质的简要说明；举报人（通常为执勤警员）的全名与住址；囚犯随身查获财物及囚犯财物登记簿编号；看守所看守/站警长与搜查警员的签名；逮捕警官姓名；检察官签名；若囚犯获准保释，需记录保释日期与时刻、保释命令签发主体、保释金金额或担保人信息，以及保释表格收据编号；若未获准保释，则需记录从牢房释放的日期与时间；案件结案情况，包括治安法官姓名与结案日期；以及备注信息（通常为释放详情或是否被移送至其他监狱）。
总体而言，随时间推移，条目内容逐步简化，但条目格式与收录的信息类型仍保持一致。约自1950年起，指控相关条目开始采用年度单编号，年份可标注在单编号之前或之后，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赋予从“1”起始的卷号。
尾注1. 《警察规程》第360-361条及第369条，《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。