NRS-3088 | Depositions [Junee Court of Petty Sessions]

These papers are those of the proceedings of the Court, in its jurisdiction over less serious criminal matters and minor civil complaints. Cases are numbered and/or listed as they are received by the Court although usually some time elapses before a case is heard.Each case was given a running number with an alphabetical prefix. The papers are initially filed by this number regardless of when the case is heard. This arrangement changes in 1971. From then on, papers for each day are tied into bundles, which are usually prefaced by a list of the cases set down to be heard that day. The list details case number (usually a daily number), name of defendant, offence, name of informant, and result. In later years it also gives the date of birth of the defendant, tape number and counter number. The cases are listed by category which includes: Charge cases (fresh and remand), Summons cases, Children's Court cases, Wardens Court cases, Licensing Court cases, Liquor Court cases, Small Debts matters and Industrial Magistrates Court cases. Larger, busier courts often created whole bundles of traffic matters. Some courts also hold records of cases heard before Justices of the Peace; these often related to drunkenness. Papers for each case may include charge and summons sheets, statements of evidence presented to the Court, bench sheets, arrest forms and police interviews, pre-sentence reports, bail papers, community service orders, notices of appeal to higher courts, warrants, interview transcriptions, records of proceedings, sworn statements, subpoenas, certificates of convictions, accident reports, information (general purpose) papers, noxious plant and animal notifications, declarations, correspondence, receipts, applications for summons, language sheets, fingerprint records, records of exhibits, occasionally exhibits, sureity forms relating to fines and recognizances.After 1974 country Courts of Petty Sessions commenced tape recordings of proceedings. From then transcriptions began to be made of only a number of cases in certain circumstances: committals for trial at a higher Court; if an appeal was to be lodged; or if there was a request for a copy of the proceedings by either of the parties involved. The previous complete paper record began to be replaced by a charge and summons sheet, transcriptions of certain cases, and the tape recordings of proceedings.In 1980 the continuing destruction of the tape recordings was authorised (1) and in 1995 authorisation was given for Depositions 1983 onwards to no longer be required as State archives. (2)Footnotes (1) Archives Authority of NSW. Disposal Recommendation DR 2517, 1980.(2) Archives Authority of NSW. Disposal Recommendation DR 5342, 1995. Note relating to this description:This description was based on the items that cover the years 1945 to 1982. There may be differences or special features of records outside this period that are not included in this description.

本批档案为某法院审理轻微刑事案件及小额民事纠纷的诉讼案卷。案件按法院接收顺序编号或登记，但通常距正式开庭需经过一段时间。
每宗案件均分配带有字母前缀的流水号，案卷初始归档时即以此编号为准，不受实际开庭时间影响。该归档规则于1971年作出调整。
自此以后，当日案卷将按日装订成册，卷首通常附有所定当日开庭案件清单。清单列明案件编号（通常为当日编号）、被告人姓名、涉案罪名、举报人姓名及裁判结果。后续年份的清单还会补充被告人出生日期、磁带编号及柜台编号。
案件按类型分类登记，涵盖：公诉案件（新案与还押案件）、传票案件、少年法庭案件、典狱官法庭案件、牌照法庭案件、酒类法庭案件、小额债务纠纷及工业治安法庭案件。规模较大、业务繁忙的法院通常会单独装订交通类案件卷宗。部分法院还留存有太平绅士审理案件的记录，此类案件多与醉酒相关。
单宗案件的案卷材料通常包括：公诉与传票文书、提交法庭的证据陈述、庭审笔录、逮捕令及警方讯问记录、判刑前调查报告、保释文件、社区服务令、向上级法院提起上诉的通知书、搜查令、讯问笔录、庭审记录、宣誓证词、传唤令、定罪证明书、事故报告、通用信息文书、有害动植物通报、声明文件、往来函件、收据、传票申请书、语言能力证明文件、指纹记录、证物记录，偶附证物，以及与罚金及具结保释相关的担保文书。
1974年起，乡村治安法院开始对庭审过程进行磁带录音。自此之后，仅在特定情形下才会转录部分案件的庭审内容：包括需移交上级法院审理的羁押案件、拟提起上诉的案件，或案件任一当事方申请获取庭审副本的情形。此前完整的纸质案卷逐渐被公诉与传票文书、特定案件的庭审转录文件及庭审磁带录音所取代。
1980年，官方批准持续销毁庭审磁带录音（1）；1995年，批准1983年起的证词记录无需再作为州级档案留存（2）。
脚注（1）新南威尔士州档案管理局，《处置建议DR 2517》，1980年。（2）新南威尔士州档案管理局，《处置建议DR 5342》，1995年。
本说明附注：本描述基于1945年至1982年的馆藏档案编制，1982年以外的档案或存在差异或特殊属性，未纳入本说明范围。