NRS-11819 | Charge books [Stroud 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 Stroud 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.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》首次规定需留存指控簿（Charge books），用以记录针对囚犯的指控事项、指控性质、被指控者姓名，以及囚犯的财物情况。
(1)本数据集涵盖斯特劳德警察局的指控簿档案。单条指控记录包含以下详情：指控编号；逮捕及将指控登记入簿的日期与时刻；被指控人的个人信息，包括姓名、住址、出生日期及地点、身高、职业、国籍；犯罪性质简要说明；举报人（通常为警员）的全名及住址；囚犯随身查获财物及囚犯财物簿编号；看守室主管/站巡佐与搜查警员的签名；逮捕警官姓名；检察官签名；若囚犯获得保释，需记录保释日期和时刻、保释下令主体、保释金金额或担保人信息，以及保释单收据编号；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，含裁判官姓名及处理日期；以及备注（通常为释放详情或转监情况）。
总体而言，随时间推移，条目细节逐渐简化，但条目格式与所收集的信息类型始终保持一致。
约自1950年起，指控相关条目开始使用年度单编号，年份可标注于单编号之前或之后（例如：42/1、2/54或87/3）。
约自20世纪80年代起，各警察局的指控簿开始按时间顺序赋予从“1”开始的卷号。
纸质指控簿约于1990至1994年间逐步被在线系统取代。1994年，警务行动计算机化系统（COPS, Computerised Operational Policing System）正式上线，其前期过渡方案为1990—1995年运行的在线指控记录系统（Online Charging Records System），该系统作为警务行动计算机化系统上线初期的备份工具。
尾注1：《警察规程》第360-361、369条，载于《新南威尔士州政府公报》（NSW Government Gazette）第49期，1862年3月1日，第498-499页。