NRS-11894 | Charge books [Teralba 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 Teralba 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）首次规定需留存指控簿（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) 本系列档案涵盖特拉尔巴警察局（Teralba Police Station）的指控簿。指控相关详情包括：指控编号；逮捕及将指控录入指控簿的日期与时刻；被指控者的个人信息，涵盖姓名、住址、出生日期与地点、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；囚犯身上查获的财物及囚犯财物簿参考编号；看守所管理员/驻站巡佐与搜查警员的签名；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、保释下令方、现金或担保金额，以及保释单收据编号；若未获保释，则记录从牢房释放的日期与时间；案件处理结果，含治安法官姓名及处理日期；以及备注信息（通常为释放详情或移送至其他监狱的相关内容）。总体而言，随时间推移，条目内容逐渐趋于简化，但条目格式与采集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格式，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，各警察局的指控簿开始按时间顺序从“1”起赋予卷号。纸质指控簿约于1990至1994年间逐步被在线系统取代。1994年引入COPS系统（计算机化警务操作系统，Computerised Operational Policing System），此前的1990至1995年间曾上线在线指控记录系统（Online Charging records system），作为COPS系统部署期间的过渡备份系统。尾注1. 《警察规程》第360-361条及第369条，《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。