NRS-11430 | Charge books [Gundagai 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 Gundagai Police Station. Item NRS-11430-6-1-1 shows charges against bushrangers: Andrew George Scott alias "Captain Moonlight", Thomas Williams, Thomas Rogan and Graham Bennett, date of charges 22/11/1879.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.The inside cover of each volume has a list of the more important instructions that each station sergeant was required to follow when entering charges in the book. The instructions specified: completion of fingerprint information forms; the signature of the Constable searching the prisoner; special particulars required when juveniles are arrested; the duties of the Station Sergeant when a charge is refused; the classification of prisoners when placed in the cells; procedures to be followed when persons have been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol; cases in which conviction reports are prescribed; instructions as to how entries are to be set out; and procedures to follow on the arrest of foreign nationals.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）确立了留存指控簿（Charge books）的义务，用于记录针对囚犯的指控、指控事由、被指控者姓名及囚犯的相关财物。
(1)本系列档案涵盖冈代盖警察局（Gundagai Police Station）的指控簿。档案条目NRS-11430-6-1-1收录了针对丛林劫匪的指控：涉案人员包括安德鲁·乔治·斯科特（别名“月光船长”）、托马斯·威廉姆斯、托马斯·罗根与格雷厄姆·贝内特，指控日期为1879年11月22日。指控相关详情涵盖以下内容：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，包括姓名、住址、出生日期与地点、身高、职业、国籍；犯罪性质的简短概述；举报人（通常为执勤警员）的全名与住址；囚犯身上查获的财物及囚犯财物簿的参考编号；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；若囚犯获得保释，需记录保释日期与时刻、下令保释主体、现金或担保金额，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；案件处理结果，包括治安法官姓名与处理日期；以及备注栏（通常记录释放详情或是否被转至其他监狱）。
总体而言，随时间推移，条目内容日趋简略，但条目格式与收集的信息类型始终保持一致。每卷卷宗的内封页均列有站警长在录入指控条目时需遵循的重要须知，具体包括：指纹信息表的填写规范；搜查囚犯的警员签名要求；逮捕青少年时需补充记录的特殊详情；指控被驳回时站警长的职责；囚犯收押入牢房时的分类标准；针对酒后驾车指控者的处理流程；需提交定罪报告的案件类型；条目排版的统一规范；以及逮捕外国国民时的操作流程。
约1950年起，指控相关条目开始使用年度单序号进行编号，年份可记录在单序号之前或之后（例如42/1、2/54或87/3）。约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。
1990年至1994年间，纸质指控簿逐步被在线系统取代。1994年，计算机化警务操作系统（COPS, Computerised Operational Policing System）正式上线，此前的过渡系统为在线指控记录系统（Online Charging records system，1990-1995），用于作为COPS上线前的备份系统。
尾注1. 《警察规程》第360-361及369号，新南威尔士州政府公报第49期，1862年3月1日，第498-499页。