NRS-11981 | Charge books [Weston 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 Weston 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《警察规程》（Police Rules）首次确立了留存指控登记簿（Charge books）的义务，用于记录针对囚犯的指控、指控事由、被指控者姓名以及囚犯的各类财物。（1）本系列馆藏包含韦斯顿警察局（Weston Police Station）的指控登记簿。
单条指控的详细信息涵盖以下内容：指控编号；逮捕时间、指控登记至登记簿的具体时刻；被指控人的个人详情，包括姓名、住址、出生日期与地点、身高、职业/行当、国籍；犯罪性质的简要概述；举报人（通常为执勤警员）的全名与住址；囚犯随身查获的财物以及囚犯财物登记簿的参考编号；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，则需记录保释日期与时刻、保释命令签发主体、保释金金额或担保人信息，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；以及备注栏内容（通常为释放详情或转监相关信息）。
总体而言，随时间推移，条目内容逐渐趋于简略，但条目格式与所收集的信息类型始终保持一致。自20世纪50年代左右起，指控相关条目开始使用年度单一编号，年份可标注在单一编号之前或之后（例如42/1、2/54或87/3）。自20世纪80年代左右起，各警察局的指控登记簿开始按时间顺序赋予从“1”开始的卷号。
尾注1：《警察规程》第360-361条与第369条，载于《新南威尔士州政府公报》（NSW Government Gazette）第49号，1862年3月1日，第498-499页。