NRS-3328 | Depositions [Pilliga 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, surety forms relating to fines and recognisances. 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.

本批档案为法院审理轻罪案件与小额民事纠纷的诉讼卷宗。案件按照法院接收顺序编号并/或列档，但通常案件开庭审理前会间隔一段时间。初期，卷宗采用年度流水号编号，其中指控案件与传票案件分别采用独立的编号序列。卷宗按上述编号排序，因此也大致按时间顺序排列，该编排方式一直延续至20世纪50年代。自该时期起，每个案件均被赋予带字母前缀的流水号，卷宗将按照该编号归档，与案件实际开庭时间无关。20世纪60年代，编排方式再次调整：每日卷宗将被捆绑为卷宗包，通常以当日待审案件清单作为卷宗包的首页。该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、告发人姓名以及裁判结果。后续版本还会增加被告人出生日期、录音带编号与登记柜台号。案件按照以下类别列档：指控案件（含初审与还押案件）、传票案件、少年法庭案件、典狱法庭案件、许可法庭案件、酒类法庭案件、小额债权纠纷以及工业治安法庭案件。规模更大、业务更繁忙的法院通常会单独为交通案件设立完整的卷宗包。部分法院还留存有治安法官审理的案件记录，此类案件多与醉酒相关。单份案件卷宗可包含以下材料：指控与传票文书、提交至法庭的证据陈述、庭审记录表、逮捕登记表与警方讯问笔录、量刑前调查报告、保释文书、社区服务令、向上级法院提起上诉的通知书、令状、讯问转录笔录、庭审记录、宣誓证词、传讯令状、定罪证明书、事故报告、通用信息文书、有害动植物通报、声明书、往来函件、收据、传票申请书、语言说明文书、指纹记录、证物记录，偶尔还会附带实物证物，以及与罚款及具结担保相关的担保书。1974年之后，乡村治安法院开始对庭审过程进行录音。自此之后，仅在特定情形下才会对部分案件制作转录笔录：包括需移交上级法院审理的预审案件、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指控与传票文书、特定案件的转录笔录以及庭审录音所替代。1980年，相关部门获批可持续销毁庭审录音档案（1）；1995年，获批自1983年起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（Archives Authority of NSW）。《处置建议DR 2517》，1980年。（2）新南威尔士州档案管理局（Archives Authority of NSW）。《处置建议DR 5342》，1995年。