NRS-16619 | Depositions [Tibooburra 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.Initially the papers were given an annual running number with charge and summons cases being numbered in separate sequences. The papers are arranged by these numbers and therefore also roughly arranged by date. This arrangement continues until the 1950s. From that time each case was given a running number with an alphabetical prefix. The papers are filed by this number regardless of when the case is heard. The arrangement changes again in the 1960s.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)Endnotes(1) Archives Authority of NSW. Disposal Recommendation DR 2517, 1980.(2) Archives Authority of NSW. Disposal Recommendation DR 5342, 1995

本批档案为该法院管辖较轻刑事案件与小额民事纠纷的庭审诉讼文件。案件按法院收案顺序编号或登记，但通常案件开庭审理前会间隔一段时间。最初，档案采用年度流水号编号，公诉案件与传票案件分别按独立序列编号。档案按此类编号排序，因此大致也按时间顺序排列，该编号规则延续至20世纪50年代。自此时起，每起案件均分配带有字母前缀的流水号。档案按该编号归档，不受案件实际开庭时间影响。此类归档规则在20世纪60年代再次调整。

每日的档案会装订成册，卷首通常附有当日排期开庭的案件清单。清单详细列明案件编号（通常为当日编号）、被告人姓名、涉案罪名、举报人姓名与判决结果。后续版本的清单还会增加被告人出生日期、录音带编号与柜台编号。案件按类别登记，类别包括：公诉案件（初审与还押）、传票案件、少年法庭案件、典狱长法庭案件、牌照法庭案件、酒类法庭案件、小额债务纠纷，以及工业治安法官法庭案件。规模更大、业务更繁忙的法院通常会将交通案件单独装订成册。部分法院还留存有太平绅士审理案件的档案，此类案件多与醉酒相关。

单起案件的档案材料可能包括：公诉与传票文书、提交法院的证据陈述书、法官庭审备忘单、逮捕令与警方讯问笔录、量刑前调查报告、保释文件、社区服务令、向上级法院提起上诉的通知书、司法令状、讯问转录稿、庭审记录、宣誓证词、传票、定罪证明书、事故报告、通用信息文件、有害动植物通报、声明书、往来信函、收据、传票申请书、语言适配文件、指纹记录、证物登记表，偶有证物实物，以及与罚款及具结担保相关的担保文书。

1974年后，乡村治安法院开始对庭审过程进行录音。自此，仅在特定情形下才会对案件庭审进行转录：包括需移交上级法院审理的羁押案件、拟提起上诉的案件，或案件任意一方提出庭审记录复制申请的情形。此前完整的纸质档案开始被公诉与传票文书、特定案件的转录稿，以及庭审录音所取代。

1980年，官方批准持续销毁庭审录音档案(1)；1995年，官方批准1983年及之后的证词笔录无需再作为州级档案留存(2)。

注释(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。