NRS-11445 | Charge books [Harden 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 Harden 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年出台的《警务规程》（Police Rules）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由、指控性质、被指控者姓名以及囚犯的财物。[1]本数据集系列收录的均为哈登警察局（Harden Police Station）的指控登记簿。

其中，单条指控记录包含的详细信息如下：指控编号；被捕时间、将指控信息登记至登记簿的日期与时刻；被指控人的个人身份细节，涵盖姓名、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；举报人的全名与住址（通常为办案警员）；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，需记录保释的日期与时刻、保释下令主体、保释金金额或担保物、保释单据编号；若未获保释，则需记录从羁押牢房释放的日期与时间；案件处置详情，包括作出处置的治安法官姓名及处置日期；以及备注信息（通常为释放相关细节或转监至其他监狱的情况）。

总体而言，随时间推移，登记簿的条目细节逐渐趋于简化，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编号编制形式，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，各警察局的指控登记簿开始按时间顺序依次赋予从“1”起始的卷号。

纸质指控登记簿约在1990年至1994年间逐步被线上警务系统取代。1994年，计算机化警务操作系统（Computerised Operational Policing System，COPS）正式投入使用，其前置过渡系统为线上指控记录系统（1990-1995），该系统作为COPS系统上线的备份工具被采用。

注1：《警务规程》第360-361条及第369条，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。