NRS-11312 | Charge books [Currabubula 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 Currabubula 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《警察条例》（Police Rules）首次规定需留存指控簿（Charge books），用以记录针对囚犯的指控事由、指控性质、被指控者姓名，以及囚犯的相关财物。(1) 该系列数据集包含卡拉布布拉警察局（Currabubula Police Station）的指控簿。其中，指控相关的详细信息涵盖如下内容：指控编号；被捕的日期与时刻，以及将指控录入指控簿的日期与时刻；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；犯罪性质的简要概述；举报人的全名与住址（通常为执勤警员）；囚犯随身查获的财物及囚犯财物簿的参考编号；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，需记录保释的时间与时刻、保释命令的签发主体、保释金金额或担保情况，以及保释单据编号；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，包括治安法官的姓名与开庭日期；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，条目内容逐渐趋于简略，但条目格式与采集的信息类型始终保持一致。约自1950年起，指控相关条目开始使用年度单编号，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1980年起，各警察局的指控簿开始按时间顺序从1开始赋予卷号。尾注1：《警察条例》第360-361号及第369号，载于1862年3月1日新南威尔士州政府公报（NSW Government Gazette）第49期，第498-499页。