NRS-11658 | Charge books [Nelson Bay 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 Nelson Bay 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》明确要求留存指控登记册（Charge book），用于记录针对囚犯的指控事项、指控性质、被指控者姓名及囚犯所持全部财物等信息。(1)本数据集系列包含纳尔逊湾警察局（Nelson Bay Police Station）的指控登记册。
指控相关的具体登记内容包括：指控编号、逮捕时间与时刻、指控登记入册的时间与时刻、被指控者的个人信息（含姓名、住址、出生日期与地点、身高、职业、国籍）、犯罪性质简要概述、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登记簿编号、看守所管理员/分局警司与搜查警员的签名、逮捕警员姓名、检察官签名；若囚犯获得保释，则需记录保释时间与时刻、保释下令方、保释金金额或担保方式、保释单收据编号；若未获保释，则需记录从羁押牢房释放的日期与时刻；案件处理结果（含审理日期及治安法官姓名），以及备注信息（通常为释放详情或转监情况）。
总体而言，随时间推移，登记条目逐渐简化，但条目格式与采集的信息类别始终保持一致。约1950年起，指控相关条目开始采用年度单编号规则，年份可标注于单编号之前或之后（例如：42/1、2/54或87/3）。约20世纪80年代起，各警察局的指控登记册开始按时间顺序赋予从‘1’开始的卷号。
注释1：《警察规程》第360-361号及第369号，《新南威尔士州（NSW）政府公报》第49期，1862年3月1日，第498-499页。